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Re: Defender running slowly

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On 13/01/2025 12:50, VanguardLH wrote:
> Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I have followed instruction (from several sources) to make the file
>> MsMpEng.exe as an exception for Defender, but it is still there after a
>> restart.
>> What am I doing wrong?
>> Windows 10
>> Brave browser.
>> Thunderbird.
> 
> MsMpEng.exe *is* Windows Defender:
>    MS (Microsoft)
>    Mp (Malware Protection)
>    Eng (Engine)
>    
> An exception does not kill a process, but exclude it from getting
> scanned.
> 
> Are you running some other/3rd-party anti-virus program?  If so, only
> ONE should be running at a time (as the on-demand aka realtime scanner),
> not multiple running at the same time.  If you want to use a 3rd-party
> AV, disable Windows Defender.  Be sure to use a 3rd-party AV that
> properly registers itself in Windows which will have Windows grant the
> 3rd-party AV as the antimalware protector.
>    
> The "instructions" came from where, specifically?  Just because you
> found something on the Web doesn't mandate it is valid, or applies in
> your situtation.

That's fine.
My PC seems to be faster/less 'laggy'.
The instructions came from Microsoft (among others, but they were all 
the same)
I am not running any other AV program.

-- 
Jim the Geordie

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Defender running slowly Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-13 09:43 +0000
  Re: Defender running slowly VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-13 06:50 -0600
    Re: Defender running slowly Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-13 13:11 +0000
      Re: Defender running slowly VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-13 09:00 -0600
        Re: Defender running slowly Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-13 15:23 +0000
        Re: Defender running slowly Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 11:05 -0500
          Re: Defender running slowly Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-01-13 13:51 -0500
          Re: Defender running slowly VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-13 15:37 -0600

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