Windows 10: Windows Defender Skipping Files Yet No Exclusions

Hello,

After doing a routine Windows Defender scan it tells me that it excluded an object. However, when I press on the supposed list of exclusions it is completely empty. Indeed, I have never myself excluded something. This happen both during Quick and Full scans. I have done an Offline-scan but I never seem to get any feedback from them. This is freaking me out as it feels as if there might be some kind of malware trying to disguise itself. I do find it a bit odd that I would have gotten a malware on that machine since I am very careful with my usage on it. Any tips or insight would be appreciated. Thank you for reading.

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Unable to Remove Exclusions from Windows Defender

Thank you for posting back. If you trust a file, file type, folder, or a process that Windows Defender Antivirus has detected as malicious, you can stop Windows Defender Antivirus from alerting you or blocking the program by adding the file to
the exclusion list. It seems that it was added automatically. We suggest that you follow these steps:

• Go to Settings and select Update & security.
• Click Windows Defender.
• Look for Exclusions and select Add an exclusion.
• Navigate to the file, folder, or process, and select Exclude this file.

If the steps provided did not work, we recommend that you boot your device to
Safe Mode and redo the process.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows Defender Exclusion list

I've tried a full scan. At the end of the scan a notification has came and said that " Scan has been completed, 0 treats found, Windows defender skipped those(showing list) files as your exclusion settings .." Quick scan also says the same.. I'll try for
a clean boot later.

 

Installing Apps on Windows 10 Has Windows Defender Finding Malware

Hi Tommy,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

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  Is this issue specific to third party apps?
  

I would suggest you to open Windows defender and add exclusions and check if it helps. Follow the steps to add exclusions in windows Defender.

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  Type Windows defender settings in the search bar and press enter
  
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  Under Exclusions click on Add Exclusion
  

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.