From 7700b0274b0aaa762cfa0815775593839f9069c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denise Vangel-MSFT Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:26:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md --- .../antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md index ff06518411..489dd382e2 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/antivirus-false-positives-negatives.md @@ -23,5 +23,14 @@ manager: dansimp - [Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2069559) -As you probably already know, Windows Defender Antivirus is designed to keep your PC safe with built-in, trusted antivirus protection. With Windows Defender Antivirus, you get comprehensive, ongoing, and real-time protection against software threats like viruses, malware and spyware across email, apps, the cloud and the web. But what do you do if something was missed or wrongly detected as malware? You can report it to Microsoft for analysis. +Windows Defender Antivirus is designed to keep your PC safe with built-in, trusted antivirus protection. With Windows Defender Antivirus, you get comprehensive, ongoing, and real-time protection against software threats like viruses, malware and spyware across email, apps, the cloud and the web. + +But what if something gets detected wrongly as malware, or something is missed? We call these false positives and false negatives, and there are some steps you can take to deal with these things. + +## Report a false positive/negative to Microsoft + +1. Review the [submission guidelines](../intelligence/submission-guide.md). +2. Submit your file here: [https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/filesubmission/](https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/filesubmission/). + +## Define an exclusion