Lab — Configure Microsoft Defender

CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · Objectives 2.5, 4.1 (verify against current blueprint)

You’re the new endpoint technician at Tidewater Design Co. A render workstation keeps quarantining two legitimate items — a finished render at D:\Renders\skyline.png and the lobby kiosk screensaver kiosk-display.scr. Harden the machine with real-time protection, exclude those two known-good items, confirm the threat definitions are current, and run a quick scan.

Windows Security
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