Microsoft Windows Defender Reports 'Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY' a False-Positive Threat

An entry in the Microsoft Windows Defender's database happened this morning, and people are both shocked and threatened as it was reported as a threat and kept popping up despite being blocked by the users as reported by Windows Central.

"Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY" was noted as a threat and was listed as severe, hence the panic of the people in a Reddit Discussion Thread. The threat also states that "This generic detection for suspicious behaviors is designed to catch potentially malicious files,".

Microsoft's Response

Two updates were given by Mirsoft within the day.The first update was at 1:50 PM ET, and it states that the investigation regarding this is currently in the works, while the second update was posted six hours later (7:50 PM ET) and confirms that it has been fixed.

Windows Defender detected false positives on all Chromium- and Electron-based apps after the latest updates, including Google Chrome, Chromium Edge, Discord, and more.

This means no virus or malware was detected and infected the computers and laptops that received this message. In Microsoft Support Forum, an independent advisor named DavidM121 reached out to a concerned user.

While no confirmations have been said by Microsoft during the discussion, the advisor stated that "It seems to be caused by Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.373.1508.0),".

Windows Latest report shows that users who have been affected by this are automatically shown the aforementioned error while the Defender's regular scanning is happening. The report also contains tests and observations where they found that Windows Defender with Windows 10 and Windows 11 was flagging the apps mentioned above.

While the whole thing was just a bug, this reminded the people that backing up your files regularly is a necessity as some users who experienced this problem already formatted their own personal computers fearing of catching viruses.

Fixing Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY

As it was only just a false-positive error, there is nothing much users can do to resolve this problem. The only solution is to update the Microsoft Windows Defenders to be patched through a server-side.

For this year, Windows Defender experienced problems like this for the third consecutive time already. Google Chrome update was flagged earlier this year and said that it can potentially harm your computers, as reported by Microsoft. Followed by this is the report of flagging the Office updates as ransomware threats.

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Written by Inno Flores