How to fix Windows Defender behavior: Win32/Hive.ZY alert

Many Windows 11 and 10 users are troubled by seeing warning notifications from Windows Defender stating that a threat "Behavior: Win32/Hive.ZY" has been detected. According to reports, this Windows Defender warning or alert is triggered when users try to open some common applications such as Google Chrome or Chromium Edge, Whatsapp, Discord, and Spotify. Even if you block this threat on your PC, it will pop up with a message Microsoft Defender Antivirus Threat Found the next time you open this affected application. This issue most likely occurs due to issues with new updates to Windows. If this update can be removed, the problem will be easily solved. However, this is impossible.

When you click on the notification prompt that pops up the Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY alert, you will see that the threat appears as critical in Windows Defender, and this is just a error Report. Additionally, Microsoft has confirmed that if you encounter this alert and your PC is not affected by any virus, there is no risk. Not all Windows 11/10 users will be affected by this issue, but if you see this alert on your system, follow the steps mentioned in this article to fix it.

Fix 1 – Check for Security Intelligence Updates

Steps 1. Press Windows R to open the Run box.

Step 2. Type ms-settings:privacy and press Enter.

Step 3. Here, click on the box labeled Windows Security.

Step 4. To open the Windows Security application, click the Open Windows Security button.

Step 5. Select the Virus & Threat Protection tab in the left pane of the Windows Security application.

Step 6. Then, click "Protection Updates" in "Virus and Threat Protection Updates".

Step 7. On the Protection Updates page, click the Check for Updates button to update identification and protection Security intelligence to protect your system from any new threats.

#Step 8. Restart your computer and check if the Windows Defender alerts are resolved after the update.

If you cannot find the update when you perform an update check in Windows Security Center, you can manually download the fix (Windows Defender Update) using one of the links below.

If you have a 64-bit Windows operating system, please click this link.

Click here to download the fix for 32-bit Windows operating systems.

Fix 2 – Turn off Windows Security Notifications

Step 1. Click the Windows Start button on the taskbar, and then type windows security in the search bar.

Step 2. Click Windows Security in the search results shown to you.

Step 3. Here, click on the Settings tab in the bottom left pane.

Step 4. Click Manage Notifications in the Notifications section.

Step 5. On the Notifications page, turn off the toggle related to the options mentioned below.

• Get information notification
• Account protection notification
• Firewall and network protection notification

Step 6. Once you turn off these notifications, you will not be bothered by the Behavior: Win32/Hive.ZY threat for Windows when you open any program.

After Microsoft fully fixes this issue, you can turn on these notifications as needed.

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