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Could you then please come with your best educated guess, when they origin from? During the OEM? Thank you

So if McAfee LiveSafe was installed as part of the pre-bundle: It would have the most recent security signatures from when it was...

Re-read my responses. When you boot and the first screen is OOBE, someone has already finished installing Windows for you. Defender is...

Users will encounter a new Windows install in one of two scenarios: They installed Windows by themselves, or powered up a pre-made...

I did not install Windows myself and was greeted by the OOBE - selecting language etc. During the OOBE, when are Defender turned on...

So I can conclude, that the "greyed out" devices, are from before I received the laptop? Agree? Thank you

Thank you for your great reply. You answered 3. and 4. perfectly. Can you try and answer 1. and 2. aswell?

S mode is a Windows policy restriction to prevent the user from running apps. It has no effect on your AV product's operation...

Understood. I think "Memory integrity" option in windows defender is for this kind of malwares. as I know it uses virtualization to...

And if there is no internet connection and it can't use the online scanner. It will then instantly use the offline scanner?

And the file will be unavavilable / inaccessible, until is has been scanned and declared clean by the scanning software? And if there...

Could you please elaborate / explain?

"Unlike traditional malware, which typically requires a file to be downloaded and installed, fileless malware operates in memory or...

4. Yes But what about: 3. If Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the selected antivirus: If Windows S mode is turned on. Are all the...

So 1. Yes. And then McAfee LiveSafe takes over and replaces Microsoft Dender, if McAfee LiveSafe installs - but when would McAfee...