Windows Defender seeing P3D as Malware!

[Paul_ 52]

Hi everyone

 

What the hell is going on!!

 

I have just tried to re-install P3D and Windows 10 Defender flags up Prepar3D Set.exe as malware and removes it!! 

 

Anyone else seen this and why on earth hasn't Lockheed Martin sorted this with Microsoft??

 

Paul 

[Bobsk8 12,489]

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15788/how-to-uninstall-disable-and-remove-windows-defender.-also-how-turn-it-off/

 

If you have a good anti virus, I use Webroot, you don't need windows defender. Just turn it off. 

[Paul_ 52]

Well having googled this problem Windows Defender was slow getting onto this  ......

 

AVG, Nortons etc etc having been detecting Prepar3D as malware for months and months!!! 

[CarlosF 1,234]

Hi everyone

 

What the hell is going on!!

 

I have just tried to re-install P3D and Windows 10 Defender flags up Prepar3D Set.exe as malware and removes it!! 

 

Anyone else seen this and why on earth hasn't Lockheed Martin sorted this with Microsoft??

 

Paul 

 

 

Just add P3D directory in Windows Defender exceptions, easy fix. 

[Paul_ 52]

 

I am sadly still getting the same problem .... Windows Defender informs me that the setup exe is malware and decides to uninstall it .....

 

I then decided to download just the setup exe individual component and then de-activate Defender in order to install Prepar3D which all went fine

 

About half an hour later Defender once again notified me that it was removing the 'so called' malware but as I had installed Prpear3D successfully I didn't worry about it .....

 

The one thing I have noticed is that there are now only three entries listed under 'Uninstall a program' in the 'Control Panel

 

The only three entries listed are:-

 

Install Client

Install Scenery

Install Content

 

The thing is .. Prepar3D is working fine so should I be unduly worried?

 

Cheers

 

Paul

[Jude Bradley 659]

Are you using smartscreen filters? I have this disabled as I know what I'm downloading
 

[RaptyrOne 1,398]

Common problem. Hopefully LM will address it with the AV providers.

[Rambo27 1]

Hello!

I was faced with a similar problem, Avast saw all the files .exe as malware. After that, Avast missed Locky ransomware on my laptop. 

The solution I found here:http://myspybot.com/######-files-virus/ Now everything works well 

[Rambo27 1]

Hi, the problem is in Windows defender. I also encountered this. Here is another thread on this topic 

By the way, thanks for the links!

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

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