While the description for the update does not give any details about what it addresses, Günter Born - who wrote about the bug itself and the workaround - reports that he has been contacted by people who had been affected by the Windows Defender error who say the problems have vanished. The KB4052623 update - also referred to as 'Update for Windows Defender antimalware platform' - is available for Windows 10, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016.
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