Microsoft released new Defender update for Windows 11, 10, Server ISO installations by Sayan Sen
Microsoft releases new Windows Defender update packages very frequently to protect against various newly discovered malware. Once a while every three months or so, the company also pushes out these updates to Windows images (WIM and VHD) and ISOs, that are used to install Windows. Hence with the newest Windows 11 update available via the official MCT tool, you should get these definitions.
This update package is necessary as a Windows installation image may contain old, outdated anti-malware definitions and software binaries. Aside from better security, these updates can also provide improved performance benefits in some cases.
When a new Windows installation is set up, there may be a temporary security risk due to outdated Microsoft Defender protection in the OS installation images. This happens because the antimalware software included in these images might not be up to date. Thus Microsoft says that these updated definitions essentially help close this protection gap.
Microsoft delivered the latest security definitions for Windows images via security intelligence update version 1.445.323.0. The Defender package version is also the same. It applies to Windows 11, Windows 10 ESU, Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021, Win 10 Ent LTSC 2019, Win 10 Ent LTSB 2016, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016.
Microsoft writes: "This package updates the anti-malware client, anti-malware engine, and signature versions in the OS installation images to following versions:
Platform version: 4.18.26040.7
Engine version: 1.1.26040.8
Security intelligence version: 1.447.236.0"
From Microsoft's security bulletin, we learn that the security intelligence update version 1.447.236.0 was released early last month and adds threat detections for various malware like trojan, backdoor exploits, ransomware, stealers, AutoKMS, and more.
For those wondering, the latest intelligence update is version 1.451.297.0 at the time of writing.
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Software posted here is compiled for Windows x64 Edition. Please post more applications, they need not be free!
Anti-Virus
Avast!
NOD32
Symantec Antivirus
Audio/Video Editing/Production
Cakewalk Sonar x64
VirtualDub
Benchmarks
CineBench
FRAPS
Desktop Customisation
WindowBlinds
Disk mangement
FileDisk x64 (Unofficial)
WinImage
File Compression
7-Zip
Squeez
WinRAR (latest beta has x64 shell extensions)
Firewall
Tiny Firewall 64
Games
Far Cry x64 upgrade
Graphics
POV-Ray
Networking
PuTTy x64 (Unofficial)
System Utilties
Filemon x64
OpenGL Extensions Viewer
Prime95
Process Explorer
Regmon x64
StartupMonitor64
O&O Defrag (Beta!)
Tweaking Software
TweakUI64 (Unofficial)
Web Software:
Mozilla Firefox (Unofficial x64 build)
Sun Java x64
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