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Sead Fadilpašić

Microsoft Defender Antivirus is getting a new performance mode, but you probably won't ever see it

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Microsoft Defender, the company’s antivirus program for Windows, is getting a new mode designed to make life easier for software developers.

It is called “Performance mode”, works on Windows 11, and aims to minimize the impact scans can have on files found on Dev Drives.

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