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SECURITYMay 3 · 18:11 UTCBLEEPING COMPUTERLawrence Abrams

Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha

Microsoft Defender is incorrectly identifying legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware, specifically flagging them as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha. This has caused widespread false-positive alerts and, in some cases, the removal of certificates from Windows systems.

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