Category "windows-defender"

Why is Windows Defender scanning my code?

I am compiling C++ code using Visual Studio 2019. The code ranges from simple projects to learn C++ features to game dev. But no matter the scope of the project

Program installed with Inno Setup seen as Trojan (Wacatac.B!ml)

My software is a .NET application. The original .exe compiled with Visual Studio works fine and Microsoft Defender has nothing to say about it or any of the dep

Why reading MachineGUID is a virus?

Why is it that when I read SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\MachineGuid from the registry, my program is detected by the Windows Defender as a virus?

Combine PowerShell Defender outlets into a combined CSV file for monitoring

We cancelled our antivirus software (Kaspersky Anti-Virus, duh) and depend on the Windows Defender in the meantime. We won’t be getting any SIEM server to