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Synaesthesia
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Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent
Yes that's why you have to unzip them on a Mac or Linux PC first. It does the same for Windows Loader by Daz and similar activation cracks for Windows 7/10.
AnIdiotOnTheNet
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...or you just disable Windows Defender.
tomatotomato37
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You can also just whitelist it. It's how I maintain my LTSC variant
Wowfunhappy
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Which you can’t do permanently anymore.
smt88
on July 26, 2021
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You can permanently disable it with policies.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-permanently-disable-windo...
verall
on July 26, 2021
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You can still delete its required files with NSudo so it can't run.
mikewhy
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Another option is using a folder you've added to defenders exclude list:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion...
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