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User9002130590
2 years agoNew Contributor
[Resolved] Windows blocking index.node, can't run
I have Smart App Control enabled on Windows 11, which uses Windows Defender Application Control on the backend and implements a reputation based application control policy.
Lately it has been a bi...
User9002130590
2 years agoNew Contributor
Windows ended up letting me run it within a couple hours after posting.
If it's still blocking, it, try manually initiating an update of the Windows antivirus definitions. You can access the menu for that directly by searching for the 'Run' box in the start menu and pasting in:
windowsdefender://update/
Or to manually find that menu, you could search the start menu for "Windows Security" then go to > Virus & Threat protection > look for "Virus & threat protection updates", and below that click "protection updates" > "Check for updates"