Larry said:
"--but it isn't seen by most users, I'm quite sure."
You may be right, but I doubt it. I'm of the opinion the multiple daily
restore point creation is very common behavior. Let's hear from some others.
There are complaints about this issue all over these Defender newsgroups,
and the seriousness of the issue for those of us who do experience it has not
been fully appreciated yet, in my opinion.
I believe one reason why 'most users' aren't seeing it is because if they
don't check these newsgroups, why on earth would they think to check whether
their system restore points are multiplying? I suspect there are thousands,
possibly millions, of users of Defender, already, who have no 'ordinary'
restore points left because they've all been replaced by Defender
checkpoints. They can no longer restore their systems to a pre-Defender
state, should they need to do so (as per Microsoft's recommendations if
problems arise). That's why I've switched off RTP on Defender. It'll stay off
until they fix this bug.
Microsoft say they don't know why the checkpoints are being created. But if
this issue can be fixed by a registry edit that's already been offered (those
who have tried it report that it works), then why can't it be fixed by a
download patch so that we no longer have to be troubled by it?
In my case the cause of many of the checkpoints seems to be an interaction
with an AOL driver, which Defender doesn't like. But surely the checkpoint
production could be over-ridden by just telling Defender that one checkpoint
per day is enough? Who needs 8 checkpoints per day, no matter how infested
with malware their machine might be?
