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Today I got a security alert from my Internet provider notifying me of an IP reputation attack. Finding this suspicious, I immediately ran a full scan using Windows Defender and found a handful of exploits and a TrojanDropper have somehow gotten onto my device. Windows Defender tells me every threat on my device is "severe."
I've tried using the "take action" button multiple times. It runs for multiple hours on end without removing the threats. A few times its even given me an error, prompting me to restart the action.
Frustrated with this, I took the forums and found a lot of people suggesting an offline scan with Windows Defender.
I attempted this, but when I do, nothing happens. It warns me that my device will restart, I hit okay. Windows asks for permission to run it, I grant the permission. Nothing.
I've also tried running the Windows Defender Offline scan from the powershell, but I get a permission denied error even though I'm the administrator on my device.
Both my system and Windows Defender are up to date. I do not have any third party antivirus installed on my device, nor have I ever had any third party antivirus installed on my device.
I find this incredibly frustrating and am just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what my next step should be in removing these threats from my system.
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I've tried using the "take action" button multiple times. It runs for multiple hours on end without removing the threats. A few times its even given me an error, prompting me to restart the action.
Frustrated with this, I took the forums and found a lot of people suggesting an offline scan with Windows Defender.
I attempted this, but when I do, nothing happens. It warns me that my device will restart, I hit okay. Windows asks for permission to run it, I grant the permission. Nothing.
I've also tried running the Windows Defender Offline scan from the powershell, but I get a permission denied error even though I'm the administrator on my device.
Both my system and Windows Defender are up to date. I do not have any third party antivirus installed on my device, nor have I ever had any third party antivirus installed on my device.
I find this incredibly frustrating and am just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what my next step should be in removing these threats from my system.
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