Dreams & Reality
I think that my sleep and dreams were very negatively impacted by me having a cup of coffee at work.
I had one or more dreams involving the free portable antimalware second opinion scanner Norton Power Eraser (NPE).
Likewise, I had difficulty sleeping, and my sleep & dreams kept getting disturbed by strange negative physical & mental reactions that were possibly caused by the caffeine from the coffee I had.
Here is a BleepingComputer news article written by Lawrence Abrams about a current false positive / malware database (signature update) issue with Microsoft’s Windows Security / Microsoft Defender called: Microsoft Defender Falsely Detects Win32/Hive.ZY In Google Chrome, Electron Apps.
Here is a brief description of this news article:
A bad Microsoft Defender signature update mistakenly detects Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Discord, and other Electron apps as ‘Win32/Hive.ZY’ each time the apps are opened in Windows.
The issue started Sunday morning when Microsoft pushed out Defender signature update 1.373.1508.0 to include two new threat detections, including Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY.
“This generic detection for suspicious behaviors is designed to catch potentially malicious files.
If you downloaded a file or received it through email, ensure that it is from a reliable source before opening it,” reads the Microsoft detection page for Win32/Hive.ZY.
According to BornCity, the false positive is widespread, with users reporting on BleepingComputer, Twitter, and Reddit that the detections appear each time they open their browser or an Electron app.
The free Romanian antivirus / anti-malware program Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition.
This is how Bitdefender describes this free antivirus / anti-malware program:
Lightning-fast free antivirus
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is blazing fast, free to use, and loaded only with the bare-bones protection features that every computer needs.
Installs in seconds, runs at max speed without slowing down your PC
Good for gaming, image and video editing, and resource-intensive applications.Powerful protection packed into a light solution
Powered by award-winning technology
Real-time Threat Detection
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition uses behavioral detection to closely monitor your active apps.
When it detects anything suspicious, it takes instant action.
Virus Scanning and Malware Removal
Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all malware, from viruses, worms and Trojans, to ransomware, zero-day exploits, rootkits and spyware.
A strong, silent guardian for your PC
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is an antivirus to rely on.
It uses a minimalistic approach to make sure of the one thing that matters: whether you’re a rookie or a techie, your PC will be defended against intruders.
On-demand & on-access scanning that runs in the background
Essential protection without the extra stuff
No time-consuming scans, no sudden lag, no ads out of the blueFree protection against Internet fraud
Anti-phishing
How can you keep your passwords safe and still browse freely?
It’s easy: Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition sniffs and blocks by default phishing websites that pretend to be trustworthy in order to steal your data.
Anti-Fraud
If you ever land on scam websites, our advanced filtering system detects suspicious web page behavior and prevents your sensitive financial data from falling into the wrong hands.
I had several dreams that I woke up remembering, I did not bother to record them or try to remember them, and so now I barely remember part of two dreams.
Dream 1
All that I can remember of this dream is that it probably involved me traveling around one or more cities, I probably stayed at one or more locations, and I probably went shopping; but that is all that I can remember of this dream.
Tom’s Guide has a pretty good review of the free antivirus / antimalware program Windows Defender / Microsoft Defender / Windows Security in a post called Windows Defender Review:
https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/windows-defender
I am glad that Windows Defender / Microsoft Defender / Windows Security (Microsoft keeps changing the name) is continuing to improve.
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