#false-positive

Analysis · May 3, 2026 · PatchDay Alert Editorial Desk

Cerdigent was a false positive. Check what Defender actually removed.

Defender definition 1.449.424.0 flagged two legitimate DigiCert root CA certificates as a high-severity trojan. The alert was a false positive — but if auto-remediation ran before the fix shipped, your certificate store may now be missing trust anchors that TLS depends on.