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Steel Contributor

Jan 13, 2023

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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?

yongrheemsft
Jan 14, 2023
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/recovering-from-attack-surface-reduction-rule-shortcut-deletions/ba-p/3716011

HotCakeX

MVP

Jan 13, 2023

Someone created a PowerShell script as a remedition on Reddit, check it out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/10ar1vb/comment/j46d16f/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

phillipank
Copper Contributor
Jan 13, 2023
Has MS pulled the latest update? I am not getting now when I Check for updates.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Jan 13, 2023
  phillipank
  phillipank wrote:
  Has MS pulled the latest update? I am not getting now when I Check for updates.
  I'm not sure, but the latest version is 1.381.2152.0
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions/antimalware-definition-release-notes
  - Sean Hodgkinson
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 13, 2023
    HotCakeX Not yet .. in the admin centre under Service Health you can see all the latest updates to the problem ..

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