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Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha

  • Lawrence Abrams--BleepingComputer
  • published date: 2026-05-03 18:11:25 UTC

Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows. [...]

Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Win… [+5544 chars]