November 1st 2024 Microsoft Defender Update Removed Software

2 things that I should preface with:

#1: Torrent software is fully legal insofar as it's being used for legal purposes. Piracy (the use of torrent software to download or share copyrighted material without consent of the copyright-holder) is illegal.

#2: I scanned by software's installation files and scanned my entire computer. The software has no viruses.

Microsoft Defender was updated today as a background update, and go figure suddenly my torrent software has totally disappeared. The little taskbar icon where it was is now displayed as a white ambiguous file image; clicking it brings up an error message saying that the shortcut was either moved or changed and asking me if I would like to delete it. No, I would not. I want my software back. I am wondering if removing Microsoft Defender (I never have it turned on anyway, I use Avira) or if I backtrack the update to where my PC was before the update occurred if my torrent software will come back and be re-enabled. My concern is also that other apps on my PC, not just torrent software, may have also been removed or lost without my knowledge. Does anybody know how to fix this?