[Update: Fix is live] Windows Defender is reporting a false-positive threat ‘Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY’; it’s nothing to be worried about

  • Windows Defender is alerting people of a “threat detected” for “Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY”
  • The issue is tied to a recent listing in Microsoft’s Defender update file, which is making a wrong detection
  • The trigger seems tied to Defender detecting “Electron-based or Chromium-based applications as malware”
  • Microsoft is expected to patch/update Microsoft Defender to alleviate the issue

Update #1 (1:50 PM ET): According to the Microsoft support forums, the Defender Team indicated they are investigating this and will hopefully release a patch for this soon.

Update #2: (7:50 PM ET): According to Microsoft support forums, “indications from a Microsoft Agent is a fix has been released (Version: 1.373.1537.0)”

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