Microsoft Defender - XY is malware

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JGM
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Microsoft Defender - XY is malware

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Was running XY 17.20.0200 when Windows Defender quarantined XYPlorer.exe as severe malware.
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Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware

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If you downloaded and installed it from the official site -> False positive
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Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware

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Totally agree this is a non issue, just thought Don would like to know.

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Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware

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Constant PITA. :maf:

Tip: You can save some trouble (and gain speed!) if you exclude XYplorer from Defender (provided you installed XYplorer from the official site):
https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=mse

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