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Unfortunately Defender also flags lots of non-malware open source software, which trains users to ignore it.
by account42 1y ago
Unfortunately Defender also flags lots of non-malware open source software, which trains users to ignore it.
- rs186 1y agoExample? Personally I have not run into a single such false positive for the past 10 years. Microsoft SmartScreen sometimes shows a warning for executables that are not digitally signed, but that's not Defender, and this is nowhere like flagging as a virus.
- akimbostrawman 1y agoqBittorrent which is a reputable and popular torrent client used to download linux isos, gets flagged and removed as "potentially unwanted applications" by windows defender.