Windows Defender Is Becoming the Powerful Antivirus That Windows 10 Needs

Thank you. That is helpful, however it shows Network Protection is indeed enabled but it does not respond to it's test page.

 

@Krusty

You are right.
I sent a report.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...rd/collect-cab-files-exploit-guard-submission

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...indows-defender-exploit-guard/troubleshoot-np



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@All Please do the same.
TH.

...........But it seems to me not a suitable procedure !!!!!

 

Are you al referrring to the test page not working on Windows 10 Home Edition or Pro cause I am on Win10 Pro and the test page link above works fine.

 

With Chrome?

 

I have two Win10 Home Edition machines running WD. The test page is successfully blocked on one machine but not the other.

Thanks.

 

I have just sent a report also.

Cheers!

 

My W.10 is in Home version.
I assume that initially Microsoft enabled the "Network Protection".
As seen in my example of intervention:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...-windows-10-needs.383448/page-51#post-2714265

And then canceled this feature.
If so, W10 Home users have not even available "Attack Surface Reduction".


https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...csp-defender#defender-enablenetworkprotection

Remains the mystery because some "W.10 Home" works and others not...........

 

One of my machines still blocks the test page though.

@Sampei Nihira , did an analyst comment on your submission yet?

 

"Could not repro."

 

Here's what they said on mine. I don't know how to tell them it isn't in FF or Chrome. I did leave feedback to that effect.

Analyst comments:


It was block using Microsoft Edge.

 

@Krusty, doesn't work for me on Chrome either - see my original post for some more details https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...-windows-10-needs.383448/page-63#post-2726954

 

G'day Zorak,

That feature was a major reason I was sticking with WD, but if it doesn't work anymore...

 

Or you could always start using Edge...

 

How can Windows Defender in scan-only mode detect and quarantine file automatically? It just did in my system. I have a realtime-AV in my PC whose protection remained disable at the time of this incident.

 

If you have WD's periodic scanning enabled, it usually runs a scan once a day. It most likely was during this scanning the malware was detected and quarantined.

Don't know what you mean here by your primary AV realtime scanning disabled. Win 10 is designed to enable WD realtime mode automatically if it detects that the primary AV scanner has been removed or permanently disabled for some reason. For example, your AV license might have expired in which case most AV vendors will disable any realtime protection features. Malware also may have been able to disable the primary AV processes.

 

I was suspecting the same.

I intentionally disabled the real-time protection of WSA and Zemana Pro.

 

I have found out that in at least Win 10 1709, temporarily disabling your primary AV realtime scanner is not enough to trigger WD realtime scanning to enable itself. I believe the primary AV has to be "unregistered" from the Win Security Center for this to occur.

 

how can I disable WD or is this not even an option?

 

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/157...emove-windows-defender.-also-how-turn-it-off/
https://winaero.com/blog/disable-defender-windows-10-fall-creators-update/

 

How to properly install an Antivirus / Security Suite in Windows 10 = forum.notebookreview.com/threads/how-to-properly-install-an-antivirus-security-suite-in-windows-10.800848/

 

So does MS not clean up old Defender builds?

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform

 

thanx for replying

 

Try running disk clean-up. (hit start button, type "cleanup")

 

Now you see me: Exposing fileless malware

Link : https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/mi.../24/now-you-see-me-exposing-fileless-malware/