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Tag Archives: Defender
Windows Defender Application Control: Recommended blocking rules (May 2022)
[German]In Windows 10 and Windows 11, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and AppLocker are available as features in the enterprise variants (Windows 10/11 Enterprise) as security features (see this post). Now, Microsoft has published a list of recommended blocking rules … Continue reading
Microsoft Defender for Business available
[German]Microsoft has announced the general availability of Defender for Business as of May 2, 2022. It is a standalone endpoint antivirus protection solution for small and medium-sized businesses. So, the solution goes beyond the Windows-integrated Defender in functionality, providing malware, … Continue reading
Defender for Endpoint causes issues with Windows 10 20H2 clients (April 26, 2022)
[German]Does Word take an unusually long time to start on Windows 10 clients? Does the Windows 10 20H2 client go into black screen for 2 minutes or more after user login? Or does the event viewer seem to hang when … Continue reading
Microsofts Defender flags Google Chrome Updates falsely as malicious (April 20, 2022)
[German]Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint (an enterprise security platform, see Got lost in Defender? There is something like a Defender Cheat Sheet available) seems to have run a bit amok once again. Administrators reported that since April 20, 2022, Defender has … Continue reading
Defender signatures cause extreme RAM usage (April 2022)
[German]Brief information for administrators of Windows systems, especially Windows Server. I have received information that the signature files for Microsoft Defender that have been delivered recently are causing problems. On some Windows Server systems, RAM usage may become unmanageable, affecting … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Got lost in Defender? There is something like a Defender Cheat Sheet available
[German]Indiscreet question to the readers of this blog: Do you still have an overview of exactly what Microsoft is currently doing with its Defender? I confess that I got lost a long time ago and get confused when blogging because … Continue reading
New security feature allows driver block lists in Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server
[German]Microsoft is working on improving the protection of the current versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2016 and their successors against harmful drivers. For this purpose, Windows Defender Application Control (only available in Enterprise editions) or HVCI … Continue reading
Microsoft warns of (fixed) Defender spoofing vulnerability
Microsoft has sent a security alert by mail as of 30 March 2022, with a warning about a the vulnerability CVE-2022-23278. This is a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, which has already been closed in Android and iOS … Continue reading
Microsoft Defender falsely detected Office updates as ransomware activity (03/16/2022)
[German]It looks like a classic false positive that Microsoft Defender pulled yesterday (Wednesday, March 16, 2022). If you suddenly had Microsoft Office updates quarantined as ransomware on your systems, you were affected by this case.
Microsoft Defender falsely reports Trojans on Dell computers (March 2, 2022)
[German]It looks like Microsoft Defender under Windows is falsely reporting a Trojan. Affected are probably systems from Dell, where the DellSupportAssistRemediationService is criticized. This is delivered with Dell computers via their SupportAssist. After a blog reader informed me about the … Continue reading