Defender Quarantines WinAero Tweaker

Steve C · 11 Apr 2020

I've had WinAero Tweaker on my laptop for 8 months yet Defender has now decided to quarantine it. Why has it done this after such a long delay? I downloaded the software from the supplier's site and did a virus scan on the file at the time.
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dalchina · 11 Apr 2020

Updated detection? Updated tweaker version? Or maybe it just doesn't like you any more...

You can cross-check with Virustotal of course.

FreeBooter · 11 Apr 2020

Windows Defender detects it as hack tool i have same utility its portable and Windows Defender okay with it.

Cliff S · 11 Apr 2020

Windows Defender incorrectly flagged Winaero Tweaker as HackTool

W10 Tweaker · 11 Apr 2020

I've had no problems here. Have you possibly configured a tweak recently that WD isn't happy with?

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Cliff S said:

Windows Defender incorrectly flagged Winaero Tweaker as HackTool

That's an interesting read. I'll check my WD definitions version when next at my PC.

Ztruker · 12 Apr 2020

According to the above article:

This detection has since been fixed in version 1.313.1221.0 of Windows Defender's antivirus definitions.

W10 Tweaker · 12 Apr 2020

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Steve C · 13 Apr 2020

Ztruker said:

According to the above article:

I didn't get the issue on my other PCs having WinAero Tweaker since they are now using the updated Defender definition. I'm marking this solved since it was a temporary issue.