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Windows Defender flags TrafficMonitor.sys as malware

Windows Defender flags TrafficMonitor.sys as Trojan or vulnerable driver and wants to remove it.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 3 September 2025 · last reported 26 December 2025

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What's going wrong

Microsoft Defender repeatedly identifies the TrafficMonitor driver file TrafficMonitor.sys as a trojan or as a vulnerable driver and warns that it should be removed.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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