2 things that I should preface with:

#1: Torrent software is fully legal insofar as it’s being used for legal purposes. Piracy (the use of torrent software to download or share copyrighted material without consent of the copyright-holder) is illegal.

#2: I scanned by software’s installation files and scanned my entire computer. The software has no viruses.

Microsoft Defender was updated today as a background update, and go figure suddenly my torrent software has totally disappeared. The little taskbar icon where it was is now displayed as a white ambiguous file image; clicking it brings up an error message saying that the shortcut was either moved or changed and asking me if I would like to delete it. No, I would not. I want my software back. I am wondering if removing Microsoft Defender (I never have it turned on anyway, I use Avira) or if I backtrack the update to where my PC was before the update occurred if my torrent software will come back and be re-enabled. My concern is also that other apps on my PC, not just torrent software, may have also been removed or lost without my knowledge. Does anybody know how to fix this?

​2 things that I should preface with: #1: Torrent software is fully legal insofar as it’s being used for legal purposes. Piracy (the use of torrent software to download or share copyrighted material without consent of the copyright-holder) is illegal.#2: I scanned by software’s installation files and scanned my entire computer. The software has no viruses. Microsoft Defender was updated today as a background update, and go figure suddenly my torrent software has totally disappeared. The little taskbar icon where it was is now displayed as a white ambiguous file image; clicking it brings up an error message saying that the shortcut was either moved or changed and asking me if I would like to delete it. No, I would not. I want my software back. I am wondering if removing Microsoft Defender (I never have it turned on anyway, I use Avira) or if I backtrack the update to where my PC was before the update occurred if my torrent software will come back and be re-enabled. My concern is also that other apps on my PC, not just torrent software, may have also been removed or lost without my knowledge. Does anybody know how to fix this?  Read More

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