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RyanSteele-CoV
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Aug 20, 2025
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What does "deprecated" mean in the Defender Antivirus for Linux settings?

When you create a Microsoft Defender Antivirus policy for Linux in the Endpoint Security Policies blade of the Defender admin center, there are two settings in the Antivirus Engine section that have ...
  • JiriLacina's avatar
    Aug 21, 2025

    Hello,

    those settings are marked as deprecated because they’ve been replaced by a newer option: Enforcement level. By default, this is set to Passive, but it also supports Real time and On demand.

    You’ll find this new setting in the same policy, just a little further down. It’s recommended to switch to this newer method. 🙂

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