Windows 10: Defender Detects Driver Store Explorer as a Serious Threat

Discus and support Defender Detects Driver Store Explorer as a Serious Threat in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I downloaded the latest version of Driver Store Explorer as suggested on this forum - post 82 here DriverStoreExplorer [RAPR] Defender found a serious... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Steve C, Aug 14, 2020.

  1. STEVE C
    Steve C Win User

    Defender Detects Driver Store Explorer as a Serious Threat


    I downloaded the latest version of Driver Store Explorer as suggested on this forum - post 82 here DriverStoreExplorer [RAPR] Defender found a serious threat which it removed on a full scan. 61 virus engines on Virus Total rate it as OK but Microsoft found it as Trojan:Win32/Emali.A!cl. Should I be concerned to recover from a Reflect backup or does all appear OK now this seemingly false positive has been removed?



    Defender Detects Driver Store Explorer as a Serious Threat [​IMG]

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    Steve C, Aug 14, 2020
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  2. SHAUNHATTON
    shaunhatton Win User

    Windows Defender not picking up threats

    Thank you for your quick reply. So you're saying I can rest easy and keep faith with Windows Defender. One of the issues malwarebytes detected was a trojan, which I presume is quite a serious threat to my PC. That can't be a false positive as you suggest.
    Why wouldn't defender detect that ? I cant remember the last time I found any issues on my PC detected by defender, either it's so good it stops them or it's not detecting threats? If I detect any more issues with the trial version I will submit it via the
    link provided. Many thanks.
     
    shaunhatton, Aug 14, 2020
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  3. SUSAN68NM
    Susan68NM Win User
    Windows Defender Virus and Threat Detection

    Windows Defender Virus and Threat Detection turns off and won't restart
     
    Susan68NM, Aug 14, 2020
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  4. TRY3
    Try3 Win User

    Defender Detects Driver Store Explorer as a Serious Threat

    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, Aug 14, 2020
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