I am encountering a nasty bug with Windows Defender that causes the OS to become unusable requiring a restart.

[samiam00001]

Obligatory what I am doing that causes the bug is not normal use and most users will never experience this. I am in the cybersecurity field and one of the main attacks against Windows during an assessment is dumping the LSASS process's memory to a file this contains sensitive user credentials. A very easy way to do this is with MiniDumpWriteDump a function provided in dbghelp.dll from Microsoft with Windows. Recently I noticed that when you attempt this attack specifically with MiniDumpWriteDump the OS will become unusable if you are logged in you can still move your mouse but no programs will

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