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• Microsoft quietly repairs security hole in Windows Defender, CVE-2017-11937

  Posted on December 8, 2017 at 08:30 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A number of security researchers were puzzled yesterday when a new version of the MS Malware Protection Engine, mpengine.dll, suddenly appeared. Here’s what you need to know – and how to check your system.

  Computerworld Woody on Windows.

  Windows Patches/Security CVE-2017-11937, Malware Protection Engine, Windows Defender

• Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine Vulnerable

  Posted on December 7, 2017 at 02:23 CST by Kirsty • Comment in the Forums

  Gunter Born has posted a new topic here on a vulnerability in Defender & Security Essentials:

  I received this night (Germany) a notification from Microsoft about a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-11937). All Windows versions using either Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront are affected. But there are no updates available – and the link within Microsoft’s Update Catalog are broken.

  He is calling for information and insights. Can you help?

  Check it out here:
  Critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-11937)

  UPDATE:

  Defender and MSE are updating itself – and it seems that yesterday the Security module has been updated.

  Windows Patches/Security CVE, CVE-2017-11937, Forefront, Microsoft Security Essentials, Vulnerability, Windows Defender