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Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled <https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus-protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

微軟 Windows 突然「通知」異常 顯示「Defender 已關閉」 實則正常運作 - 電腦領域
HKEPC Hardware - 全港 No.1 PC網站
<https://www.hkepc.com/26616/>
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Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled <https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus-protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

For a solution worth trying, see <https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsinsiders/comments/1ul8qpn/virus_protection_is_turned_off_tap_or_click_to/>

Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32

Removed irrelevant xpost groups
* alt.windows7.general .................... this problem does not occur on Windows 7
* alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt .......... this is not a PC hardware problem * comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 ..... this is for end users not programmers
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On 03/09/2026 7:59 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled <https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus- protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

I now use BitDefender for all of my anti-virus needs. Well, sort of,
I also have I.B.M. anti-virus for D.O.S. but it complains it's not been
updated recently.

Yet, I somehow get the warning from Windows -- I forgot the exact
verbage -- that my very own recently compiled .exe files are blocked
from execution. I'll remember to discuss that in alt.comp.os.windows-11
in the near future, as for my own programs it's only a minor inconven-
ience; unrelated to Ambassador Londo Mollari in Babylon 5.

Do we have a group for discussing Babylon 5?

So, I'm not sure if you're complaining about the lack of virus protect-
ion, but you can always try BitDefender on your own, and see if it helps
you out.

微軟 Windows 突然「通知」異常 顯示「Defender 已關閉」 實則正常運作 - 電
腦領域 HKEPC Hardware - 全港 No.1 PC網站 <https://www.hkepc.com/26616/>

I don't read the Chinese -- not yet -- so I'm going to assume this is a
product placement you got paid for.
--
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On 09/04/2026 12:39 AM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

On 03/09/2026 7:59 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms
it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled
<https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus-
protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

I now use BitDefender for all of my anti-virus needs.  Well, sort of,
I also have I.B.M. anti-virus for D.O.S. but it complains it's not been updated recently.

Yet, I somehow get the warning from Windows -- I forgot the exact
verbage -- that my very own recently compiled .exe files are blocked
from execution.

Could be MSFT Smart Screen or similar file protection hardening.
Have you considered looking at the properties of the executable(*.exe
file) and toggling on the Unblock field(i.e. to unblock the exe file)
--
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On Fri, 9/4/2026 2:12 AM, ....winston wrote:

On 09/04/2026 12:39 AM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

On 03/09/2026 7:59 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled
<https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus- protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

I now use BitDefender for all of my anti-virus needs.  Well, sort of,
I also have I.B.M. anti-virus for D.O.S. but it complains it's not been
updated recently.

Yet, I somehow get the warning from Windows -- I forgot the exact
verbage -- that my very own recently compiled .exe files are blocked
from execution. 

Could be MSFT Smart Screen or similar file protection hardening.
 Have you considered looking at the properties of the executable(*.exe file) and toggling on the Unblock field(i.e. to unblock the exe file)

SmartScreen should check with the Cloud, and for any EXE for which
"few downloads of it have been detected", then if you leave SmartScreen enabled, you will receive such warnings.

This is the pretty standard "reputational" analysis afforded by
low quality AV products. The AV product may have "nothing serious"
to report on a given day, no "actual" malware. But if it complains
about every executable file for which it has never seen the SHA256
value before, the screen will present a number of warning Notifications.

That's not a malware detection. That is a detection of an "infrequently
seen file". And this mainly annoys developers. The same thing happens,
when as a small developer, you give a dozen copies of your work to testers,
and all of their attempts to run the code are blocked.

This has also been a bug for the ecosystem, there was a period of months
where a bunch of stuff was mis-classified. And that has now stopped.
I was clicking through endless inappropriate assertions during that period.
If I put something on the D: drive today, I am no longer pestered like that.

Paul
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Paul,

That's not a malware detection. That is a detection of an "infrequently
seen file".

A signature-scanning AV products doesn't do malware detection either. It
just compares a hash with a list of known malware, and tells you if it found
a match.

This "seldom seen" mechanism fixes the problem of signature-scanning AV products, which always have a delay between the malware being deployed and
it being detected* and marked as such.

* with such detection never happening on the users 'puter.

Both methods have their own shortcomings.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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On 2026/9/4 5:39:1, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
[]

Do we have a group for discussing Babylon 5?

[]
My list (from eternal-september, I think) includes:
alt.babylon5.uk
alt.startrek.vs.babylon5
alt.tv.babylon-5
alt.tv.babylon5
aus.sf.babylon5
de.rec.sf.babylon5.misc
fido7.ru.babylon5
finet.harrastus.babylon5
it.fan.tv.babylon5
maus.rec.babylon5
maus.sciencefiction.babylon5
pl.rec.fantasyka.babylon5
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5

so I think the answer is probably that we do. I don't take any of them,
so I don't know if they're dormant or full of junk.--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep decide what is for dinner.
(quoted by) Ipraylam, 2015-07-13
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On 09/04/2026 4:25 AM, Paul wrote:

On Fri, 9/4/2026 2:12 AM, ....winston wrote:

On 09/04/2026 12:39 AM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

On 03/09/2026 7:59 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled
<https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus- protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

I now use BitDefender for all of my anti-virus needs.  Well, sort of,
I also have I.B.M. anti-virus for D.O.S. but it complains it's not been
updated recently.

Yet, I somehow get the warning from Windows -- I forgot the exact
verbage -- that my very own recently compiled .exe files are blocked
from execution.

Could be MSFT Smart Screen or similar file protection hardening.
 Have you considered looking at the properties of the executable(*.exe file) and toggling on the Unblock field(i.e. to unblock the exe file)

SmartScreen should check with the Cloud, and for any EXE for which
"few downloads of it have been detected", then if you leave SmartScreen enabled, you will receive such warnings.

This is the pretty standard "reputational" analysis afforded by
low quality AV products. The AV product may have "nothing serious"
to report on a given day, no "actual" malware. But if it complains
about every executable file for which it has never seen the SHA256
value before, the screen will present a number of warning Notifications.

That's not a malware detection. That is a detection of an "infrequently
seen file". And this mainly annoys developers. The same thing happens,
when as a small developer, you give a dozen copies of your work to testers, and all of their attempts to run the code are blocked.

This has also been a bug for the ecosystem, there was a period of months where a bunch of stuff was mis-classified. And that has now stopped.
I was clicking through endless inappropriate assertions during that period. If I put something on the D: drive today, I am no longer pestered like that.

Paul

For clarification.

The blocking of an exe file is from Windows, not Defender and any AV
Program.
The primary Windows component that blocks the file as the Attachment Manager(AM) which determines if the file originates from an unknown source.
-if found, the AM adds an alternate data stream to file(hidden
metadata tag).
Once the file is attempted to run(double-click), the hidden tag is
detected and Smart Screen kicks in. Smart Screen checks the file
presence in MSFT's cloud database of safe and malicious programs and
apps. If not seen as safe, it's necessary to unblock file(in its
properties).
- Note: Running the file after blocking may also generate and require 'okaying' a UAC prompt for permission to proceed.
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On Fri, 9/4/2026 6:04 PM, ....winston wrote:

On 09/04/2026 4:25 AM, Paul wrote:

On Fri, 9/4/2026 2:12 AM, ....winston wrote:

On 09/04/2026 12:39 AM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

On 03/09/2026 7:59 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled
<https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus- protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

I now use BitDefender for all of my anti-virus needs.  Well, sort of, >>>> I also have I.B.M. anti-virus for D.O.S. but it complains it's not been >>>> updated recently.

Yet, I somehow get the warning from Windows -- I forgot the exact
verbage -- that my very own recently compiled .exe files are blocked
from execution.

Could be MSFT Smart Screen or similar file protection hardening.
  Have you considered looking at the properties of the executable(*.exe file) and toggling on the Unblock field(i.e. to unblock the exe file)

SmartScreen should check with the Cloud, and for any EXE for which
"few downloads of it have been detected", then if you leave SmartScreen
enabled, you will receive such warnings.

This is the pretty standard "reputational" analysis afforded by
low quality AV products. The AV product may have "nothing serious"
to report on a given day, no "actual" malware. But if it complains
about every executable file for which it has never seen the SHA256
value before, the screen will present a number of warning Notifications.

That's not a malware detection. That is a detection of an "infrequently
seen file". And this mainly annoys developers. The same thing happens,
when as a small developer, you give a dozen copies of your work to testers, >> and all of their attempts to run the code are blocked.

This has also been a bug for the ecosystem, there was a period of months
where a bunch of stuff was mis-classified. And that has now stopped.
I was clicking through endless inappropriate assertions during that period. >> If I put something on the D: drive today, I am no longer pestered like that. >>
    Paul

For clarification.

The blocking of an exe file is from Windows, not Defender and any AV Program.  The primary Windows component that blocks the file as the Attachment Manager(AM) which determines if the file originates from an unknown source.
 -if found, the AM adds an alternate data stream to file(hidden metadata tag).
 Once the file is attempted to run(double-click), the hidden tag is detected and Smart Screen kicks in. Smart Screen checks the file presence in MSFT's cloud database of safe and malicious programs and apps. If not seen as safe, it's necessary to unblock file(in its properties).
 - Note: Running the file after blocking may also generate and require 'okaying' a UAC prompt for permission to proceed.

You can receive a variety of responses, when the Alternate Stream
is missing and there is nothing to unblock in terms of where
a thing was downloaded from.

I was getting these warnings from materials *coming from another disk drive*. Where a browser was not involved. Where there was no Alternate Stream.
The common element was, my D: drive was involved for when a Notification
would pop up. This wasn't a C: problem. The files did not have to be executables either.

At the time, I had no idea where this was coming from, the control
from Smart Screen being off.

Sometimes, the evidence is easy to figure out.
Just not all of the time. Sometimes it's a bug,
and it's not possible to determine where the bug
came from. I was also not able to find a strong signal
in Google to use, as part of debug. It was my problem
to own.

At no time did I consider the source to be nefarious.
It was some kind of bug, just because of the non-pattern
to it. If you're attempting to tip over a machine,
you'd be better at it, than that.

*******

And totally off topic.

"How do you define Success ???"

This is how you define success (as seen in Reliability Monitor)

i Informational events (7)

9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:38 PM View technical details
9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:38 PM View technical details
9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:38 PM View technical details
9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:37 PM View technical details
9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:37 PM View technical details
9NRZT3Q9R3DL-Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2 Successful Windows Update Thu, 9/3/2026 5:37 PM View technical details
... ^^^^^^^^^^ [Snarf]

Take that and... that... and... that... you dirty rat...

Now, that's how you install software and you make sure it is installed.
Then, you do the same thing the next day.

Directory of c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2_2.4.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM <DIR> .
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 171,137 AppxBlockMap.xml
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM <DIR> en-us <=== large number of locales like this, tossed from this listing...

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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 1,595,168 Microsoft.UI.Input.dll
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 1,634,656 Microsoft.UI.Xaml.winmd
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 104,752 Microsoft.Windows.AI.ContentSafety.dll
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 15,640 Microsoft.Windows.AI.ContentSafety.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 12,608 Microsoft.Windows.AI.Foundation.winmd
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 769,328 Microsoft.Windows.AI.Imaging.dll Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 21,280 Microsoft.Windows.AI.Imaging.winmd Fri, 07/17/2026 02:00 AM 903,464 Microsoft.Windows.AI.MachineLearning.dll
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 13,616 Microsoft.Windows.Private.Workloads.SessionManager.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 15,640 Microsoft.Windows.PrivateCommon.winmd
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 12,584 Microsoft.Windows.SemanticSearch.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 19,256 Microsoft.Windows.SemanticSearchInternal.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 19,808 Microsoft.Windows.Storage.Pickers.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 16,184 Microsoft.Windows.Storage.winmd Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 17,208 Microsoft.Windows.System.Power.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:47 AM 13,664 Microsoft.Windows.System.winmd
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 12,056 Microsoft.Windows.Vision.winmd
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Thu, 05/21/2026 07:27 PM 2,469,688 Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.dll
Thu, 05/21/2026 07:26 PM 36,152 Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.winmd Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 400,672 Microsoft.Windows.Workloads.dll Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 162,112 Microsoft.Windows.Workloads.Resources.dll
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 290,104 MRM.dll
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Fri, 07/17/2026 02:01 AM 21,659,280 onnxruntime.dll <============ AI/ML, harnessed your vid card, a "driver"
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Thu, 07/16/2026 01:25 AM 2,183,976 resources.pri
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 77,664 RestartAgent.exe
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Wed, 08/31/2022 02:54 PM 232 WindowsAppRuntime.png
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Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 3,419,448 WinUIEdit.dll
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Tue, 05/12/2026 03:03 PM 17,297 workloads.qnn.json
Tue, 05/12/2026 03:03 PM 17,305 workloads.stx.json
Fri, 08/14/2026 03:48 AM 497,440 wuceffectsi.dll
120 File(s) 112,589,643 bytes

So yes, now that's a runtime. Comes with its own picnic lunch.

Paul
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On 09/05/2026 2:04 AM, Paul wrote:

On Fri, 9/4/2026 6:04 PM, ....winston wrote:

On 09/04/2026 4:25 AM, Paul wrote:

On Fri, 9/4/2026 2:12 AM, ....winston wrote:

Could be MSFT Smart Screen or similar file protection hardening.
  Have you considered looking at the properties of the executable(*.exe file) and toggling on the Unblock field(i.e. to unblock the exe file)

SmartScreen should check with the Cloud, and for any EXE for which
"few downloads of it have been detected", then if you leave SmartScreen
enabled, you will receive such warnings.

This is the pretty standard "reputational" analysis afforded by
low quality AV products. The AV product may have "nothing serious"
to report on a given day, no "actual" malware. But if it complains
about every executable file for which it has never seen the SHA256
value before, the screen will present a number of warning Notifications. >>>
That's not a malware detection. That is a detection of an "infrequently
seen file". And this mainly annoys developers. The same thing happens,
when as a small developer, you give a dozen copies of your work to testers, >>> and all of their attempts to run the code are blocked.

This has also been a bug for the ecosystem, there was a period of months >>> where a bunch of stuff was mis-classified. And that has now stopped.
I was clicking through endless inappropriate assertions during that period. >>> If I put something on the D: drive today, I am no longer pestered like that.

    Paul

For clarification.

The blocking of an exe file is from Windows, not Defender and any AV Program.
 The primary Windows component that blocks the file as the Attachment Manager(AM) which determines if the file originates from an unknown source.
 -if found, the AM adds an alternate data stream to file(hidden metadata tag).
 Once the file is attempted to run(double-click), the hidden tag is detected and Smart Screen kicks in. Smart Screen checks the file presence in MSFT's cloud database of safe and malicious programs and apps. If not seen as safe, it's necessary to unblock file(in its properties).
 - Note: Running the file after blocking may also generate and require 'okaying' a UAC prompt for permission to proceed.

You can receive a variety of responses, when the Alternate Stream
is missing and there is nothing to unblock in terms of where
a thing was downloaded from.

I was getting these warnings from materials *coming from another disk drive*. Where a browser was not involved. Where there was no Alternate Stream.
The common element was, my D: drive was involved for when a Notification would pop up. This wasn't a C: problem. The files did not have to be executables either.

You're not alone. :)
- have seen warnings/prompts on other disks(HD's, SSD's). Most, iirc,
have been from files on disks that are backup oriented(HD' and SSD's
that are inserted in to my USB caddy(slots for both 3.5/2.5" form factor
size disks) and a few(older archived files) on my WD Passport.
Some were created on earlier, no longer present pcs(desk, lap, tablet).

At the time, I had no idea where this was coming from, the control
from Smart Screen being off.

I've never turned SS off for any length of time on my current devices
beyond a few, rare isolated incidents, though atm don't even recall why.

Sometimes, the evidence is easy to figure out.
Just not all of the time. Sometimes it's a bug,
and it's not possible to determine where the bug
came from. I was also not able to find a strong signal
in Google to use, as part of debug. It was my problem
to own.

Keeps the brain working...maybe that's a good thing as we approach or
function in our elder/sage/wise years.
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...w¡ñ§±¤ñ
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On 03/09/2026 00:59, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

Windows 11 is warning "Virus protection is off," Microsoft confirms it's false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled <https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/30/windows-11-is-warning-virus- protection-is-off-but-microsoft-confirms-its-false/>

微軟 Windows 突然「通知」異常 顯示「Defender 已關閉」 實則正常運作 - 電
腦領域 HKEPC Hardware - 全港 No.1 PC網站 <https://www.hkepc.com/26616/>

Yes after some good updates recently the latest Preview update seems a
bit of a lemon to me.
More problems than before with multiple things starting up
simultaneously at windows log on.
--
Brian Gregory (in England).
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