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GlenProuty
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Since the implementation of W10 V2004, Windows Defender has now been defaulted to identify
PUPS as a threat. As a result, many are now made aware of their presence. And they are "remediated",
on the spot, to prevent them from causing any mischief.
The problem occurs on the subsequent scans with Windows Defender. It identifies the same PUP again, and again.
It has been determined that this is caused by the presence of the PUP in Protection History.
It appears that the default remediation that Windows Defender applies to PUPs is to Block them, then leave
them in Protection History .
Windows Defender is defaulted to scan its own "Scans/History". Resulting in the discovery of the PUP over and
over again. Even though, other scanners see no evidence of the PUP on the PC.
Until Microsoft sees fit to Quarantine the PUPs, you can prevent the repeated error indication, by "excluding"
Scan/History from the Windows Defender scan. I see no need for that, anyway!
You can accomplish this in the following manner. Navigate through Settings, to Virus & Threat Protection Settings.
Click "Manage settings".
Scroll down to "Exclusions". Select "Add or remove exclusions"
Select "Add an exclusion". Chose "Folder". Then navigate through Explorer as follows.
C:>Program Data>Microsoft>Windows Defender>Scans>History.
Click on History then click "Select Folder".
Windows Defender will no longer scan its own Scan/History. This should stop the repeat notifications.
Glen
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PUPS as a threat. As a result, many are now made aware of their presence. And they are "remediated",
on the spot, to prevent them from causing any mischief.
The problem occurs on the subsequent scans with Windows Defender. It identifies the same PUP again, and again.
It has been determined that this is caused by the presence of the PUP in Protection History.
It appears that the default remediation that Windows Defender applies to PUPs is to Block them, then leave
them in Protection History .
Windows Defender is defaulted to scan its own "Scans/History". Resulting in the discovery of the PUP over and
over again. Even though, other scanners see no evidence of the PUP on the PC.
Until Microsoft sees fit to Quarantine the PUPs, you can prevent the repeated error indication, by "excluding"
Scan/History from the Windows Defender scan. I see no need for that, anyway!
You can accomplish this in the following manner. Navigate through Settings, to Virus & Threat Protection Settings.
Click "Manage settings".
Scroll down to "Exclusions". Select "Add or remove exclusions"
Select "Add an exclusion". Chose "Folder". Then navigate through Explorer as follows.
C:>Program Data>Microsoft>Windows Defender>Scans>History.
Click on History then click "Select Folder".
Windows Defender will no longer scan its own Scan/History. This should stop the repeat notifications.
Glen
More...