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Hello again, I did a scan today and it found 0 threats, but it said "Windows Defender skipped items due to exclusions or network scanning settings" this has never happened before, what does this mean? Oh and could it be because I restored the false positive trojan that I had a few days ago?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2022-12-27T19:52:55+00:00 Alright, I found an answer, It is from the False Positive "Trojan" that I allowed to stay on my pc, thanks for the answer though!
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Anonymous
2022-12-27T19:06:19+00:00 Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.
I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.
Try to follow the procedure below
https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/03/24/fix-wi...
Regards,
Nicole