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Antivirus deletes all shortcuts from the desktop
After this morning's update of security intelligence to version 1.381.2140.0, defender is deleting on all clients all links to applications; does anyone have the same problem?
Have released the updated to version 1.381.2152.0
Update
After updating and restarting, the links are no longer deleted.
The problem remains that if I run the search for a program it does not find it unless I add .exe (e.g., outlook.exe)
It does not fix by itself, link files are deleted. You have to reinstall/repair the application to get these .lnk files recreated. I have around 50% of all client so far affected. Thank you Microsoft for this s§$&%§ Friday 13 event. It looks like we have to reimage all the systems. Fiddeling with individuel machines to reinstall all apps requires way to much time and personal.
sjansen I believe the shortcuts are now cloud based - hence they can delete them. I was told off support the update will reset all shortcuts back to normal for all devices
We hope
- A huge damage, I hope in their official workaround to make it solvable remotely on all company devices (even if I see it as very difficult)
