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Tasks for the weekend – January 16, 2021

Posted on January 16, 2021 at 22:06 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

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Included in January’s updates was a fix to Microsoft Defender. If you use a third party antivirus are you at risk? In a word? NO.

As per CVE-2021-1647 – Security Update Guide – Microsoft – Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, systems that have disabled Microsoft Defender are not in an exploitable state.

Do you need to take any action if you have a third party antivirus? No. Do you need to take any action if you use Defender? No because it’s been automatically fixed.

To check click on Start, then Settings, then Update and security, Windows Security, Open windows security, Look for the gear, About. For affected software, verify that the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine version is 1.1.17700.4 or later.

Tech Help CVE-2021-1647, Patch Lady

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