Microsoft Defender finally sees long-standing bug fixed
Windows 11 users know perfectly well that Microsoft Defender suffers from a bug that affects Local Security Authority protection, but now it seems that this bug is in the process of being resolved. On Microsoft’s page dedicated to Windows 11 and device security, the company says that Local Security Authority (LSA) protection helps “protect user credentials by preventing unsigned drivers and plug-ins from loading into the Security Authority. Local Security”.
The objective is, therefore, to block the injection of untrusted code into the lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem) Windows process, in order to prevent attackers from extracting confidential information.
An update to Microsoft Defender Antivirus (platform against malware) came to sow discord, causing a message to appear pretending that LSA protection was disabled, although this was not really the case. Reports of such a problem date back several months. Microsoft has tried to remedy this on several occasions, even removing the display of the protection parameter in question to avoid confusing messages in Windows Security.
In May, a failed attempt to fix the underlying issue with a Microsoft Defender Antivirus update caused more issues, including blue screens and unexpected restarts. Finally, Microsoft seems to have found the solution. In the Windows 11 22H2 (or 21H2) Known Issues dashboard, the issue related to Local Security Authority protection was listed as resolved.
Microsoft Defender sees months-old bug fixed
The resolution always involves updating Microsoft Defender Antivirus, knowing that there will be an automatic installation. Note that the long-term issue may have gone completely unnoticed by users as not everyone was affected.
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