Microsoft Defender bugs can fill the disc with thousands of files.

Much of today’s modern operating systems are arcanic black boxes than anyone but the most experienced computer users know. This is not just most users know where to look or access certain files anyway. So when a system application silently filled a hidden folder with trash files, most users may not know where to look. This recent incident pallinging Some Windows users are actually not the work of new malware. Instead, it is actually the fault of the Windows defender of Microsoft, a Windows buggy defender to that.

Although it takes many forms, Windows Defender is about the formal entry of Microsoft in the antivirus market, much to the grief of Norton’s tastes, from Kaspersky and others. The idea is that all Windows systems are immediately protected without having to download third party software. It operates in general until Windows the defender itself is broken.

Bleeping Computer reports a bug not so malicious in the software that can always wreak havoc on Windows computers if it is left unpaid. It turns out that Windows Defender fills one of his system records with thousands of people, sometimes hundreds of thousands of files, none of which have been created with user knowledge.

The files themselves look like MD5 hash, although their exact nature is always a mystery. Although technically harmless, the problem starts when these files fulfill storage, which could also affect performance. It could also hinder automated backup systems because it should also save these unnecessary mystery files.

The slight good news is that Microsoft would have treated this in the latest version of Windows Defender, especially version 1.1.18100.6. You can check the update yourself, but it can also be automatically downloaded in the typical Windows fashion background. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not revealed any details on the bug or files it produced.