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chapelblade
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Windows Defender

Post by chapelblade » 24 Jun 2015 15:04

I am running FH6 on Windows 8.1. Several times I have noticed that Windows Defender wants to send some files to Microsoft analysts to determine whether these files are malicious. Upon further analysis, the only file ever selected is Fh.exe. I have never sent this file to Microsoft but wondered if anyone had had a similar warning notice or knew why this was happening.

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Re: Windows Defender

Post by tatewise » 24 Jun 2015 15:20

It happens from time to time that fh.exe is considered to be a "false positive threat" by various anti-virus products, probably because it has Internet access features and is a relatively rare software product.

If the Windows Defender action is annoying then add FH to its allowed list as explained here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind ... lowed-list
Alternatively, in Windows Defender, on the Settings tab, use Excluded files and locations.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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