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What does Microsoft do with files uploaded by Windows Defender
Does anyone know what happens to files that Windows Defender uploads to Microsoft? Once they are scanned are the files archived or possibly (hopefully) deleted?
I have a number of files with some very private information and to make things simpler for family members to access, I used 7-Zip and created an encrypted exe file, with AES 256, and a medium quality password. I just discovered that these files have been uploaded to Microsoft. This all began when Defender flagged a file as "Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml".
I have now excluded that folder from Defender, and turned off auto submit in security settings, although I thought it was turned off anyway, but perhaps a Microsoft security update turned it back on.