Windows 10: Defender Bubble says threat found, but none listed when I go into it.

Discus and support Defender Bubble says threat found, but none listed when I go into it. in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I just had a Windows Defender pop up saying it found a threat. But when I clicked on it to go in and see, none were listed, whether quarantined or not.... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by 56Kruiser, Oct 5, 2018.

  1. 56Kruiser Win User

    Defender Bubble says threat found, but none listed when I go into it.


    I just had a Windows Defender pop up saying it found a threat. But when I clicked on it to go in and see, none were listed, whether quarantined or not.

    Anyone else ever see this? Thoughts?

    :)
     
    56Kruiser, Oct 5, 2018
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  2. Try3 Win User

    Windows defender false positive - forced to allow threat


    Windows defender has started to identify C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe as a threat [normally reported as a Trojan Powessere.G]. I use mshta.exe to run an hta custom MsgBox - I have been hoping to keep using my current CustomMsgBox tool [batch file calling a vbs-hta file] until later this year when I hope to have had enough time to replace it with a PowerShell alternative.

    Windows defender's notification lets me "allow the threat" but that seems to me to be a bigger security hole than is necessary - it will now ignore a potentially real intrusion when all I want to run is a genuine Windows component. My immediate problem is fixed but I would prefer to fix the false positive using the exclusions list.

    I cleared the 'Allowed threats history' so I could use the exclusions list instead. I added C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe to the file exclusions list and I checked that it had taken properly by checking the exclusions list both in the UI & in the Registry. But the exclusion made no difference, it continued to detect and block the exe.

    I have repeated the attempt several times [by clearing the allowed threats list & exclusions list beforehand] and the results are the same every time
    - allowing the threat works,
    - using the exclusions list has no effect.

    I studied the relevant tutorial but have not spotted an error in what I have been doing - Add or Remove Windows Defender Exclusions

    Does anybody with experience of using the exclusions list to counter false positives have any suggestions for me?

    Denis
     
    Try3, Oct 5, 2018
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  3. tnhotmail Win User
    windows defender keeps saying it finds "potentially harmful software" but nothing listed.

    Running latest windows 10.

    Defender keeps notifying "potentially harmful software..." but nothing is listed.

    Also - when I run a quick scan, defenders says "app detected a potential threat" but nothing is listed in History or in "all detected items".

    I don't care about the threat but I do want defender to stop notifying me. I'd like to "allow" whatever it is defender is finding but nothing is ever listed. I would like to fix the problem but I'd be satisfied if I just completely removed defender from
    my system to stop the notifications.

    What are my options?
     
    tnhotmail, Oct 5, 2018
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  4. Defender Bubble says threat found, but none listed when I go into it.

    Windows Defender is missing Restore Button for Quarantined Threats

    It wasn't listed under "Quarantined Threats", but was listed in "See full history" as quarantined. It has been about 2 hours
    and now it is listed under "Quarantined Threats" which now shows the Restore or Delete options. Something must be causing
    a delay in listing the quarantined file under "Quarantined Threats" after they have been found and quarantined by Defender.
     
    Crawdaddy1999, Oct 5, 2018
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