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Why Windows Defender keeps finding threat in a file that in no longer on my PC?
I downloaded an application (.exe) from the internet. I later deleted it without running it. The file is no longer on my computer (not even inside the recycle bin), but Windows defender keeps finding...
There is a known problem in the Windows Defender history. If it is that, to solve:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-defender-keeps-finding-threat-in-a-file-i/3221f1f8-0a79-4722-911f-320ee0bec6df
