Device Security

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Defender says it has identified a threat. I tell it "Remove", and it tells me it has "removed the threat from quarantine and/or restored it".

When I click on Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus, it shows me this:

"VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

This detection is for suboptimal configurations that may prevent Windows Defender Antivirus from functioning properly.

If you see this detection, a suboptimal configuration was detected, and Windows Defender Antivirus will auto-heal by automatically resetting to more secure configurations."

There is no more information that I can find about what the threat is/was, if it's gone or still there, and how to avoid it in future.

HELP!!

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