Windows defender false positive - forced to allow threat

Thanks, I've noted the link for reference. WD still reports the hta as a trojan [it now calls it kovter.g].

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I completed development of my PSCustomMsgBox and would not consider going back to the hta version anyway.

I can call this from my batch file scripts and from VBA. The caller customises it with the required title, text, number of buttons, button labels, colour scheme, audio announcement & time onscreen.

Denis

WD used to be known for false positives but is accused of having improved - Test Microsoft Windows Defender 4.18 for Windows 10 (192315) | AV-TEST

Denis

December 2017 is ancient history when it comes to anti-malware performance.

I used to check several test sites when I was actively comparing antimalware applications but nowadays I just look at AVTest results every so often out of unproductive interest. I cannot recall details but I do remember that some test sites closed down a few years ago.

AVTest results are updated every few months.

Denis

mb1280 said:

Which free one do you think is good?

Top 3 here . . . Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Avast

Best Free Antivirus Software of 2019 | Tom's Guide

Windows defender

That article asks the question, "is it capable of protecting your device from every single online threat?", when the author ought to know full well that no antimalware application is "capable of protecting your device from every single online threat".

That article asserts that, "compared to third-party products, it is slightly dragging behind, which is continuously being proved by lab test results", but the AVtest results tell a different story. In AVTest results, there was an almighty step change improvement in WD's effectiveness about two years ago and it now aquits itself well at every assessment.

In the commentary about the Feb 2019 AVTest results, the author implies that there is a significant difference between assessment scores of 17.5 & assessment scores of 17.0 yet provides no reasoning for that.

I have not read any articles by this author before and will not do so again. Nothing in that article makes me think he is competent.

Many people in this forum install Malwarebytes [free] and use that as an on-demand scanner so they can get a free second opinion whilst retaining WD real-time protection & firewall. You might consider this if you are concerned about depending on WD alone.

You might also consider searching the forum for other threads about antimalware. You will see some opinions that match mine and others that differ.

Denis