#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : A legitimate application is being blocked or quarantined Fix : Check the detection before restoring anything Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-defender-block Run as : Elevated PowerShell Expect : 20 minutes Risk : high Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX A file has been quarantined. Find out what it was detected as first -- the detection is right more often than not. HOW TO UNDO IT Remove-MpPreference -ExclusionPath removes the exclusion again. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 5" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' A legitimate application is being blocked or quarantined' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Check the detection before restoring anything' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: high Reversible 20 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'List the detections with their names.' -Command { Get-MpThreatDetection | Sort-Object InitialDetectionTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 ThreatID,InitialDetectionTime,Resources | Format-List Get-MpThreat | Format-Table ThreatName,SeverityID,Resources -Wrap } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Look the threat name up. A detection of a genuine trojan family is a very different thing from a heuristic like Wacatac or a PUA classification of a system tool.' -Why '"It is a false positive" is the most common assumption and it is wrong about half the time. Two minutes reading the detection name tells you whether you are restoring a working file or reinfecting the machine.' -Manual Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'If you are confident it is legitimate, submit it to Microsoft for analysis and restore it.' -Command { Get-MpThreat | Format-List ThreatName,Resources & "$env:ProgramFiles\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -Restore -Name 'Threat:Win32/Example' } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Add a targeted exclusion -- the specific file path, not the whole drive.' -Command { Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\LineOfBusiness\app.exe' } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Review the exclusions periodically. An exclusion list nobody has looked at in three years is a standing hole.' -Command { Get-MpPreference | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ExclusionPath } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'The application runs and the exclusion list contains only what you intended.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { Get-MpPreference | Format-List ExclusionPath,ExclusionProcess,ExclusionExtension } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-app-defender-block' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Remove-MpPreference -ExclusionPath removes the exclusion again.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule