Windows 10: Windows defender keeps exiting whilst trying to view threats.

I made a program in VS2019, but it was flagged as malicious by windows so i figured ok, i'll just whitelist it, but when i click the notification to view protection history, the page opens, but before the threats load it immediately closes! when i go to the same page through the settings the same thing happens, obviously I'd rather not disable windows defender entirely even though i plan to get an av set up soon, GIF attached



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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

 

Way to keep GAME audio on whilst in windows

I'm trying to find a way to keep the game audio going when I'm in windows (whilst the game is in queue for matchmaking and I'm browsing the web)

in this instance it's nosgoth a steam game.

 

windows defender

Since you can't run both programs at the same time, you will have to disable or uninstall Avast. Then, follow the steps mentioned in the previous post on how you can enable Windows Defender.

Also, make sure that the following services are all running and are set to
Automatic (Startup Type):

• Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service
• Windows Defender Network Inspection Service
• Windows Defender Service

To view Services, press Windows key +
R, type Services.msc, and hit Enter.

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