Microsoft confirms Defender has gone rogue as it's flagging legit links as malware

[alimac]

Every once in a while, Microsoft Defender goes rogue, often ending up flagging legitimate files or URLs as malicious files or links. Today happens to be such a day as Microsoft has confirmed that Defender is causing such issues at the moment. As a result, sysadmins will be receiving a very high volume of such false email security alerts. Over on the Microsoft 365 Status Twitter handle, the Redmond company has announced the bug and provided additional details regarding the bug. The issue can be tracked under "DZ534539" in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center portal.

Microsoft confirms Defender has gone rogue as it's flagging legit links as malware

 

[Tamarc]

Never trusted it fully tbh ,seen a few comparisons with other AV solutions and it always performed well but below the other options , for free its a capable route to take , but personally i take the paid for option always.