Microsoft Defender recognizes ExplorerPatcher as dangerous software

[stardepp]

Microsoft Defender recognizes ExplorerPatcher as dangerous software:

However, I was able to deactivate this warning.

This post serves as information for other users and the DEVELOPER

Best regards stardepp

[pyrates999]

Duplicate of: #3228

Please close this.

MS just doesn't like EP and has added it to windows defender, even though it is not a virus and not a hack tool.

You can also set windows defender to exclude the following:

1. C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher
2. %APPDATA%\ExplorerPatcher

Future updates to EP won't be flagged then.

You can also set windows defender to exclude the directory that you manually download EP to so you can install it without windows defender blocking it.

[stardepp]

@pyrates999 Many thanks for this tip. But how exactly do I activate it in Windows Defender?

[pyrates999]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26

[Amrsatrio]

There is nothing we can do. They don't like us, not even appealing to their security response team would do anything. Sorry that things have to be this way, they kept nuking more stuff so that we have to go wild on the patches.

[Amrsatrio]

More on this: #3228

I have also pinned this issue in the issues section.