Microsoft has officially validated the workaround for the mayhem caused by Defender yesterday. The company has published a fix but has confirmed it can't restore the deleted shortcuts for you. Friday ...

Microsoft released advanced hunting queries (AHQs) and a PowerShell script to find and recover some of the Windows application shortcuts deleted Friday morning by a buggy Microsoft Defender ASR rule.

Facepalm: Microsoft Defender should provide plenty of security features for Windows-based home and enterprise customers. Some of those features, however, are turning against users and making system ...