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I've discovered today on two computers that Windows Defender has deleted the installed application "Process Hacker" without my authorisation. The program file was simply gone today. Killed without a trace, including the scheduled task that starts it at boot, not to be found again. After I discovered that the issue was that the .exe file was deleted, I tried to reinstall it, and it was deleted again right away. I even had to restore the setup package from the scanner configuration window.
I strongly hate things that delete my data without asking me. I recognise this as malware and am willing to get rid of it quickly. This time it's the virus scanner that did it.
A virus scanner, of any brand, on any system, never actually had to find viruses or malware on my computers ever. The only thing this type of software did for me was deleting useful and required files as false positive every once in a while. I'm wondering why I've even got a virus scanner installed on my system. At least Windows Defender is free and doesn't cost me any money for no value.
But every virus scanner I used until now let me decide what to do when it thinks it finds something it knows. Except Windows Defender. It always deletes files right away. I couldn't find an option to select the default action.
So it deletes files now. I want it to block access but never touch any files. How can I do that? Is it possible at all? Or will I have to switch the virus scanner (again) to ensure my data isn't lost at any time?
I'm not talking about file or directory exclusions. That's a different topic. I'm talking about the general default action for all files and directories.
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I strongly hate things that delete my data without asking me. I recognise this as malware and am willing to get rid of it quickly. This time it's the virus scanner that did it.
A virus scanner, of any brand, on any system, never actually had to find viruses or malware on my computers ever. The only thing this type of software did for me was deleting useful and required files as false positive every once in a while. I'm wondering why I've even got a virus scanner installed on my system. At least Windows Defender is free and doesn't cost me any money for no value.
But every virus scanner I used until now let me decide what to do when it thinks it finds something it knows. Except Windows Defender. It always deletes files right away. I couldn't find an option to select the default action.
So it deletes files now. I want it to block access but never touch any files. How can I do that? Is it possible at all? Or will I have to switch the virus scanner (again) to ensure my data isn't lost at any time?
I'm not talking about file or directory exclusions. That's a different topic. I'm talking about the general default action for all files and directories.
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