Windows 10: Defender Not Removing Harmful Apps

Discus and support Defender Not Removing Harmful Apps in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I have been dealing with a plethora of threatening apps for weeks now. When I run a scan, I get numerous notifications that I have a potentially... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by amj1989, Jul 31, 2020.

  1. amj1989 Win User

    Defender Not Removing Harmful Apps


    I have been dealing with a plethora of threatening apps for weeks now. When I run a scan, I get numerous notifications that I have a potentially harmful app and it requires action. They are things like a PUA/Win32 InstallCore, Conduit, Presnoker, etc... No matter what I do, I can't get rid of them. When it detects them, I check the radio buttons for remove, then start actions. When it finishes, they're still there. I've tried quarantining them instead. Nothing. I've tried the Offline Defender Scan. Nothing. I've tried going into the App and Browser control and removing them one by one from there. Nothing.


    Starting to see a pattern?


    I've tried two different third party apps, and neither of them are even detecting them. Yet they keep multiplying out of control according to defender and slowing down my computer like crazy. The cherry on top is they seemed to have done something to my start menu as I am now getting the dreaded critical error, and none of the troubleshooting steps are fixing that.


    I have, of course, made sure all the latest updates are installed many, many times a day. I am losing my mind and the functionality of my computer. I'm at my wit's end.


    What on earth will fix this?

    :)
     
    amj1989, Jul 31, 2020
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  2. tnhotmail Win User

    windows defender keeps saying it finds "potentially harmful software" but nothing listed.

    I did these steps and the same problem is still happening. It reports (and notifies) "potentially harmful software" but nothing is listed in the "all items ..." list (or the other two lists). After restart, same problem still - notifications but nothing
    is listed.

    I have disabled real time protection (temporarily) but this doesn't help either. Is it possible to completely disable or uninstall windows defender?

    thanks
     
    tnhotmail, Jul 31, 2020
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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, Jul 31, 2020
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  4. Defender Not Removing Harmful Apps

    Removing Quarantined Items in Windows Defender

    Windows Defender quarantined some harmful items but did not remove them from my pc. Windows Defender did not request removal. Should I just leave the items quarantined or remove them myself? If removal is recommended, how am I to go about

    doing so, as Windows Defender did not list the items in the Detect section where threats are placed for removal?

    [Original Title: Windows Defender]
     
    donniecovington, Jul 31, 2020
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