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"a change was made by a known application" alert
  1. #1


    halwizardoflittle Guest

    "a change was made by a known application" alert

    Windows defender is giving me an alert that reads as SUBJ line says whenever
    I go to connect or disconnect to a network and it lists MSWSOCK.dll. What
    change was made? I click on the bubble that pops up and it either goes away
    or the configfree selection box pops up. this has been happening since I
    installed the Winows Vista Service Pack 1 (KB936330) update a few days ago.
    what did it (the service pack 1) do and how do I get the alert to stop
    popping up all the time.



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  2. #2


    robinb Guest

    Re: "a change was made by a known application" alert

    In WD
    go into tools/options
    Scroll down where you see:
    "Choose if windows Defender should notify you about"
    Uncheck Software that has not been classified for risks"
    Scroll all the way down and click "SAVE"
    If that doesn't resolve it- then also uncheck- Changes made to your ocmputer
    by software that is permitted to run
    Make sure you click "Save" again
    robin

    "halwizardoflittle" <halwizardoflittle@xxxxxx> wrote in
    message news:E6608A02-4CDF-4D37-AA09-E16A30EF9A20@xxxxxx

    > Windows defender is giving me an alert that reads as SUBJ line says
    > whenever
    > I go to connect or disconnect to a network and it lists MSWSOCK.dll. What
    > change was made? I click on the bubble that pops up and it either goes
    > away
    > or the configfree selection box pops up. this has been happening since I
    > installed the Winows Vista Service Pack 1 (KB936330) update a few days
    > ago.
    > what did it (the service pack 1) do and how do I get the alert to stop
    > popping up all the time.

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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