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Microsoft Defender - XY is malware
Posted: 23 Oct 2016 21:35
by JGM
Was running XY 17.20.0200 when Windows Defender quarantined XYPlorer.exe as severe malware.

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JGM
Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware
Posted: 23 Oct 2016 21:51
by highend
If you downloaded and installed it from the official site -> False positive
Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware
Posted: 23 Oct 2016 22:01
by JGM
Totally agree this is a non issue, just thought Don would like to know.
Re: Microsoft Defender - XY is malware
Posted: 24 Oct 2016 08:24
by admin
Constant PITA.
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