Ballroomdj.exe quarantined on installation by Windows Defender

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KarRacer88
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Ballroomdj.exe quarantined on installation by Windows Defender

Post by KarRacer88 »

Windows Defender Quarantined ballroomdj.exe during installation. Researching online, others have reported the same issue. Is the file safe. I downloaded it from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ballro ... e/download

Looking forward to trying out BallroomDJ.
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Re: Ballroomdj.exe quarantined on installation by Windows Defender

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The BallroomDJ installation has no malware present.
It is safe to use.
Apparently this is a false positive from Windows Defender.
I was not able to re-create the issue under Windows 10, 32-bit or 64-bit.
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Re: Ballroomdj.exe quarantined on installation by Windows Defender

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Just to make sure this thread has the windows defender update instructions also.
Analyst comments:

We have removed the detection. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detection and obtain the latest malware definitions.

1. Open command prompt as administrator and change directory to c:\Program Files\Windows Defender
2. Run “MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures”
3. Run "MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate"
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