Exploit: SWF/Meadgive is the name of an alleged infection found by Windows Defender. At first sight it might seem a false positive, many users have complaint about those alerts coming from Windows Defender, at first they receive several alerts saying they were infected with Exploit: SWF/Meadgive, afterwards they finally get a message saying that the problem was solved. However, after some short time the warning messages start appearing all over again, and the cycle of “detecting” and “solving” keeps going on and on.
The first users that experience this issue reported it on Reddit, and afterwards at Microsoft’s help forums. They suggested that there was in fact an issue with the last virus definitions update.
Some other reports claimed that the problem was seen only in Defender versions prior to the 1.243.242.0 version; therefore it was suggested to update Windows Defender to the latest version, and to download the very last version of the virus definitions.
On the other hand, many users suggested to download and use Malwarebytes to remove any potential unwanted programs that might be present in the system, which would stop the annoying ongoing messages coming from Windows Defender. This solution is in fact the one we recommend.
As we write these lines is still not clear what is the real cause of this problem. However, we urge you to download Malwarebytes and give it a try to see if Defender’s messages finally go away. It seems to be the best solution and the one more users report as the final and fixing one.
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