Security News > 2022 > May > Trend Micro antivirus modified Windows registry by mistake — How to fix
Trend Micro antivirus has fixed a false positive affecting its Apex One endpoint security solution that caused Microsoft Edge updates to be tagged as malware and the Windows registry to be incorrectly modified.
As users further revealed, the Trend Micro Apex One flagged the browser updates as Virus/Malware: TROJ FRS.VSNTE222 and Virus/Malware: TSC GENCLEAN. Fix and workaround available.
"Trend Micro is aware of a detection issue that was reported earlier today regarding a potential false positive with Microsoft Edge and a Trend Micro Smart Scan pattern," the company said.
While the fix provided by Trend Micro for the false positive can easily be applied by updating Apex One, some customers also reported that this issue also led to Windows registry entries being altered after the agent's Damage Cleanup tool was executed.
"It was reported that some customers observed some registry changes as a result of the detection depending on their endpoint cleaning configuration settings," Trend Micro added.
"Customers who are continuing to have issues are advised to contact their authorized Trend Micro representative for further assistance."