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AdamRomero
Sep 08, 2026Iron Contributor
Will MS Defender protection history clear logs automatically or do I need to manually remove them?
I ran into a false positive with 7-Zip recently—Defender flagged it as a Trojan on September 4, but later scans confirmed it was clean and the install went through without issues. The problem is, th...
CooperCal
Sep 08, 2026Occasional Reader
Yes. The Protection history is designed to only retain events for a limited time. According to Microsoft's documentation, entries are automatically removed after two weeks.