Tag Archives: Defender

Windows Server 2019: Defender Performance Issues

[German]Will there be major performance issues during running Windows Server 2019? Then Windows Defender may be the cause, as I read a few days ago.

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Tamper Protection ported to older Windows 10 versions

[German]Another short report from the middle of the month. Microsoft has back-ported the Tamper Protection feature for Defender from Windows 10 version 1903 to earlier Windows 10 versions. 

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Windows 10: Issues with Defender/Ransomware protection

[German]In Windows 10 there is the Defender, which has an option to protect against ransomware. German blog readers Dekre and Markus contacted me the last days by email to point out inconsistencies.

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Microsoft Defender ATP Product Brief

Just a note for administrators in corporate environments who want to use or are interested in using the paid Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

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Analysis: Nodersok-Malware – Defender doesn’t detect it

[German]Microsoft has just released an analysis of the Nodersok infection chain. The malware runs entirely in memory and is difficult for antivirus programs such as Defender to detect (but Microsoft Defender ATP can detect the malware). There are thousands of … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows: Vulnerabilities in IE and Defender (09/23/2019)

[German]On September 23, 2019, Microsoft unexpectedly released unscheduled security updates for Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, other security products, and Internet Explorer, which is expected to close vulnerabilities.

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Scan issues with MSD/Defender Antimalware version 4.18.1908.7

[German]A brief notification to Windows users (Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10): Microsoft released this week the anti-malware version 4.18.1908.7, which is used in Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). The update of the anti-malware module should fix … Continue reading

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Defender Antimalware Version 4.18.1908.7 released

[German]Microsoft has released Defender Antimalware version 4.18.1908.7 (on Sept. 13, 2019). This update should also fix the error when executing the command sfc /scannow. Here is some information about this topic, which has not been documented by Microsoft and is … Continue reading

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Microsoft fixes the Windows Defender sfc bug (August 2019)

[English]Microsoft has just fixed the error caused by Defender when executing the command sfc /scannow. Here is some information on this topic.

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New in Windows Defender and MS Security Essentials (July 31, 2019)

[German]Today a brief overview of what happened at Microsoft at the end of July 2019 with regard to Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials as well as Advanced Thread Protection (ATP). Microsoft released, for instance, a "Security Intelligence – Update … Continue reading

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