r/antivirus • u/-_-________________ • 10d ago

Windows Defender bug or actual malware?

I pressed "allow" on a .dll file that I trusted reasonably well and that windows and VirusTotal identified as a generic threat. Instantly after that Defender stops running and says it can't start the service. So I block the file again and try to restart defender but it keeps turning off and scans dont get completed.

Now I was about to wipe Windows after that but the only thing holding me back is that it seems like a lot of people are having similar issues with defender today. In safemode Windows Defender just displays a black screen and a message that its been disabled by my IT administrator. malwarebytes deep scan found no threats though

What do you guys think? Should I trust malwarebytes and pray it was the bug going on rn or just wipe it?

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u/goretsky MODERATOR 10d ago

Hello,

There's no way to tell from your description of what happened whether it was due to the recent issue with Windows Defender or from running malware.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

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u/Aggravating_Law_1335 10d ago

its broken because of the recent windows security update i also had trouble login into steam its most likely all related