How to use PowerShell to investigate Windows Defender's malware sigs


  1. Borg 386
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    How to use PowerShell to investigate Windows Defender's malware sigs


    How to use PowerShell to investigate Windows Defender's malware signature definitions database

    What malware does Windows Defender recognize? Learn how to use PowerShell's Defender cmdlets to peek inside the malware signature definitions database.

    Let's take a closer look at PowerShell's Defender-specific cmdlets. Then we'll investigate what's in Windows Defender's malware signature definitions database.
    How to use PowerShell to investigate Windows Defender's malware signature definitions database - TechRepublic
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  3. eLPuSHeR
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    Nice reading Borg... It may surely come in handy.
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  4. MoxieMomma
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    Thanks for the info.

    (I don't use WD, but I guess I'm going to have to learn to master Powershell, if things continue as we are told they will...)

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