[2023] Eve files are incorrectly flagged by Windows Defender - 2023/06/16

Hello everyone,

We’ve had multiple tickets submitted over the last hour and we’ve become aware that old versions of Windows Defender are incorrectly flagging EVE files as a Trojan and quarantining them. The files seem to no longer flag as problematic as of update 1.391.1678.0 (from 16.06.2023 @ 21:48:23).

We are raising the issue with Microsoft, but if you are encountering this issue, we recommend you update your Windows Defender Signatures to resolve the problem.

To do this:

• Search in Windows search for “Virus and Threat protection”
• Under “Virus & threat protection updates” click “Check for Updates”
• Click “Check for Updates”

I will update this thread when new information becomes available.

For reference, the VirusTotal link for the file reported: VirusTotal. No engines there detect anything and we are unable to reproduce this using Microsoft Defender with the latest signatures as of this evening.

Yes, but that doesn’t always work - possibly there is some delay before Windows Update starts delivering them. I had the next-to-last signatures on my desktop from earlier today and Windows Update did not update them this evening. Using the instructions in the original post then they were updated.