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Failed to create MD5 hash for file entry_debug_unsigned_entry.apk as it does not exist. in DevEco Studio HarmonyOS

I'm trying to build my HarmonyOS app. It was working fine when suddenly windows defender gave me a message that it had found a threat, and directly after I get an error message: Failed to create MD5 hash for file…
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How to delete the exclusions from Microsoft defender Win10?

I have problem deleting the following folders from the exclusions because my CPU is on 90% Usage because of these exclusions and I don't know when and why even they are on my list. I have updated windows yesterday and my CPU starts heating up... I…
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Why does Windows Defender detect compiled autoit executables as viruses?

I have another issue not related to script or syntax it a problem with the windows defender I write a very very basic program. this ProgressOn("Waiting", "Setup", "Loading") For $i = 0 To 50 ProgressSet($i) Sleep(50) Next but I don't…
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Windows-Defender and Visual-C++ development: Exclude Executables/Processes xor data folders?

This may be specific to Windows Defender, or it may be more generally applicable to more AV products on Windows. What it definitely is specific to is "compiled" Application development, hence I'm asking here, there should be a pretty clear technical…
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Windows Defender detects Trojan:HTML/Phish.PH!MTB in a simple HTML file

I have two laravel-mix projects which I maved for a client, with packages like jquery, bootstrap, sweet alert installed through npm. Nothing complicated. I worked on the first project for a couple of weeks and cloned it into another directory and…
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How to ask Windows Defender Ransomware Protection for allowance to write a file without administrator permission?

First of all I want to explain my scenario a little bit: I have to maintain a legacy software product (25+ years old) based on plain old WinAPI. The difficulty is, that we have no code for that, and the original author company is long gone (RIP @…
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Powershell & Windows Defender limitations

I'm trying to write a PowerShell script to automate some scanning activities using Windows Defender. I've noticed a limitation with the published code which I'm interested to know whether or not there is a workaround. Is there any reason why when…
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Windows Event Viewer giving cryptic string values for its attributes in XML mode

I am trying to log windows defender events from Event Viewer using C# .net framework. When I try to capture Event data attribute values via reading XML it gives me weird string values for some attributes like Origin Name, Execution Name, Type Name,…
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Windows defender on PyCharm

Every time I start PyCharm, there is a popup that indicates that Windows Defender is slowing down the system. When I select to change configuration to Windows Defender, the popup appears again at next PyCharm restarting. It exists a way to make this…
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Why does this code cause Windows Defender to go crazy and identify this code as a trojan called Ludicrouz.j

I'm working on a desktop app using a library called Raylib, for those of you who don't know what Raylib is, it's an open-source rendering API that is used to make games. By default, Raylib doesn't let you resize or maximize as a window. To get…
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/INTEGRITYCHECK enabled- Windows Defender blocks self signed exe

I have enabled the /INTEGRITYCHECK linker option for the C++ exe. And created a self signed test certificate using makecert and added it to the trusted root using CertMgr. Signed the exe using Signtool with this test certificate. But when I am…
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My C++ program is blocked and deleted by Windows Defender

I've written a small C++ program which checks if Windows clipboard content has changed and prints a type of that content. I compiled the program to .exe file using Windows Visual Studio 2019 and it was blocked by the Windows Defender (file was…
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Defender Preference PowerShell commands differ from corresponding registry keys

I am trying to configure windows defender preferences through PowerShell as administrator. I am using the following commands: Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleDay 5 Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleTime 03:57 However when checking the results with…
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Why is Windows Defender blocking my C# Application when it sets an Autostart?

I'm using the following code to set an Autostart of my Application: using (RegistryKey rk = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run", true)) { rk.SetValue("Application",…
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NSIS installer vs Windows 10 Defender - block and message about Trojan Win32/Sprisky.U!cl

I created a simple installer in NSIS. During installation, the maxscript files are copied into the corresponding folders of 3ds max and keys are created in the registry for uninstall. The installer works fine in Windows 7, but when i try to run it…
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