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Windows Defender False Positives?

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- - December 15, 2019 at 6:29 pm #2019887
    
    RetiredGeek
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    Hey Y’all,
    
    Yesterday I got this:
    
    Actually I got 3 of them. They are all shortcut files that I created. I scanned again with Defender and got the same thing. I scanned with Malwarebytes Premium and no issues.
    
    So I tried a scan with Defender offline and it all went away. Go figure. 😎
    
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  - December 16, 2019 at 4:25 am #2020041
    
    ScotchJohn
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    I also have false positives on Process Hacker, which I have restored, restored and restored again. I think that WD has given up.
    
    Dell E5570 Latitude, Intel Core i5 6440@2.60 GHz, 8.00 GB - Win 10 Pro
    
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    - December 16, 2019 at 4:39 am #2020046
      
      Speccy
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      Can’t tell for sure, but it might be a false positive (bitstream scanning of a container format or the content of an object file being incorrectly flagged as a virus).
      
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  - December 16, 2019 at 11:59 am #2020223
    
    bbearren
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    I also get false positives on Process Hacker on occasion and have to restore it from quarantine, then all is well once more. Malwarebytes 4.04 doesn’t see it as a threat.
    
    Create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates, in case you need to start over!
    "When you're troubleshooting, start with the simple and proceed to the complex."—M.O. Johns
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  - December 17, 2019 at 1:20 pm #2020719
    
    ScotchJohn
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    I uninstalled Process Hacker for just now, more trouble than it’s worth.
    
    Dell E5570 Latitude, Intel Core i5 6440@2.60 GHz, 8.00 GB - Win 10 Pro
    
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