{"id":9675,"date":"2026-09-02T18:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/fake-software-installers-disable-windows-update-and-weaken-microsoft-defender\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:12:09","slug":"fake-software-installers-disable-windows-update-and-weaken-microsoft-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/fake-software-installers-disable-windows-update-and-weaken-microsoft-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bAn active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations of multinational organizations and Chinese-speaking users,&#8221; Microsoft\u00a0An active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations of multinational organizations and Chinese-speaking users,&#8221; Microsoft\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bAn active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers. &#8220;The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations of multinational organizations and Chinese-speaking users,&#8221; Microsoft\u00a0An active malware campaign is using bogus software-download&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/fake-software-installers-disable-windows-update-and-weaken-microsoft-defender\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defender<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}