But windows defender still on program files wouldn't start. After trying everything possible to remove the Chinese program, the program that was behind this was found to be Tencent almost half a gb size.
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To remove this tool, delete the executable file (msert.exe by default).įor more information about the Safety Scanner, see the support article on how to troubleshoot problems using Safety Scanner. There was a Chinese program blocking IE11 and windows defender. For detailed detection results, view the log at %SYSTEMROOT%\debug\msert.log.
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The security intelligence update version of the Microsoft Safety Scanner matches the version described in this web page.
To learn more, see 2019 SHA-2 Code Signing Support requirement for Windows and WSUS.
Your devices must be updated to support SHA-2 in order to run Safety Scanner. Starting November 2019, Safety Scanner will be SHA-2 signed exclusively.