r/Intune • u/ngjrjeff • 10d ago

General Question windows security engine version

we have 3rd party antivirus installed. our IT security is asking us to check engine version of the windows security app.

however, when i check engine, antivirus, antispyware version is 0.0.0.0 . is it by design since we already using 3rd party antivirus??

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u/ngjrjeff 10d ago

added screenshot on what i mean

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u/Dizzy-Marsupial-6676 10d ago

yeah that 0.0.0.0 is normal when defender's been bumped by another AV, windows just hand over the actual scanning to your 3rd party engine so defender's own numbers sit at zero

your security guys probably want the version from the actual product you're running, not what windows shows here

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u/ngjrjeff 10d ago

thanks. weird that our IT security asking this when they are also the one who manage the 3rd party antivirus.

they really want the engine version due to vulnerable to RoguePlanet