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One of the most important things to do when having a PC or laptop to have an antivirus. Windows defender is one of the best and it works better than most others antiviruses that are available in various forms. It is is also one of the most widely used antivirus to have ever existed.

Although it is one of the best in the world, it is not bound not to make mistakes. Of course it makes some mistakes and one if such mistakes is that it sometimes detect files as threat although we might all know it is not a threat. It is advisable to create an exception although that is not a guarantee that it will be ok.

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Prevent windows defender from detecting force false positives.

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False positive simply means that the antivirus will detect a file that is not threat as a threat. Files such as documents, images or whatever are few of the files that it happens. This sometimes happen to files that are downloaded from the internet and prevents us from accessing those files that we just downloaded from the internet even if we need it urgently.

• Create an Exclusion

One can create exclusion in windows defender using the start Manu going into the settings options. Privacy and security are the next option an individual would want to take. After getting to this stage there will be many interesting options available, the one that can help us achieve our goal is the option that says "protect against virus and threats. Then follow with the manage settings.

Look thoroughly for the part that say Exclusion, at this point an Exclusion can be added or excluded from the list to meet your preferred choice. It is very very simple, fast to do and can easily be done by majority of people.

• Do not move the file

It is very advisable not to move the file that has be excluded if not, windows defender will still classify it as threat even though it is not a threat. After excluding a file from the exclusion battle, if moved, it will cause a great harm again. For example downloading a word document and after which into the download folder, after creating an exclusion for it it sho not or never be moved from that. However if moved the probability of windows defender detecting it as a threat is very high.

All this will happen because windows defender works underground even when it is not running. It automatically scan all files and because it is already aware of the route or location of that file it will not detect it as threat, however if the position is change then windows defender will consider it as all new file and may detect it as threat.

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• Restart Windows Defender Services

It could be possible that the services of the windows defender it not working properly and that might have resulted in these issues. Most especially when some process are cought up in it running as a app. It is mostly advisable to to restart the windows defender completely with all their problems. In the process of restarting the whole process it is most likely that the problem will be fixed when it is completely done although exclusion has been done already.

There are basic steps to follow in other to be able to restart the windows defender successfully. This includes heading towards the Start menu. Fellow up by looking for service after which you have to go and identify Microsoft Defender antivirus services. Continue by double clicking on the name then continue to the point and the other one step is to hot the stop button. Restart is again to ensure it continues to work. After you are done you can the continue by restarting the whole PC for it betterment.

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Conclusion

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Mistakes are definitely bound to happen and as such windows defender might give some basic problems errors such as detecting files that are of no threat as on. You can then prevent these from happening by creating an exclusion and ensuring, avoid moving the files and restart the windows defender.