Oct. 2022 Defender update triggers on a text file

By Guest Positronicus
November 8, 2022 in Tech Support & Discussions Forum

https://extremetechsupport.com/topic/1061324-oct-2022-defender-update-triggers-on-a-text-file/

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Guest Positronicus

Posted November 8, 2022

Hi All,I have a javascript source file which I've been distributing to customers, unchanged, since 2011. No problems until now. But suddenly the October 2022 Windows Defender update triggers on the file, and my customers can't copy it from one folder to another, or use it as an "include" file in other scripts. This is causing a mad scramble on my side, as my customers worldwide report that my software suddenly stopped working.Thanks, Microsoft.What's up with this? The file is 8026 bytes of pure 7-bit ASCII text. It contains no binary anything anywhere. Thanks.