Reply to post: Re: So now we can only hope...

'Crazy bad' bug in Microsoft's Windows malware scanner can be used to install malware

Tom Paine

Re: So now we can only hope...

"It is switched on by default in Windows 8, 8.1, 10, and Windows Server 2012."

I'm not sure why anyone would still be using Windows 8, but those of us still using the last decent version of Windows don't seem to have so much of a problem.

Eh? Why not?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/4022344

"Affected software:

[...]

Windows Defender for Windows 7 // Critical // Remote Code Execution

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