Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Endpoint protectionMicrosoft Defender Antivirus Windows
In brief
The Windows Defender Antivirus documentation now lists `DefenderSessionHelper.exe` in the Details tab for Microsoft Defender Clipboard Protection, with Processes and Services marked N/A. The page date and reviewer metadata were also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use this entry to identify the related process during investigations; no configuration change is required.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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description: Learn how to manage, configure, and use Microsoft Defender Antivirus, built-in anti-malware and antivirus protection.
ms.service: defender-endpoint
ms.localizationpriority: high
ms.date: 2025-2026-10-20T00:05T00:00:00.0000000Z
ms.topic: overview
author: chrisda
ms.author: chrisda
ms.reviewer: mkaminska, yongrhee, pahuijbrpahuijbr, ericlaw
ms.custom: nextgen
ms.subservice: ngp
ms.collection:
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus Core service(MdCoreSvc) | - Processes tab: Antimalware Core Service
- Details tab: MpDefenderCoreService.exe
- Services tab: Microsoft Defender Core Service |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus service(WinDefend) | - Processes tab: Antimalware Service Executable
- Details tab: MsMpEng.exe
- Services tab: Microsoft Defender Antivirus |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Realtime Inspection service(WdNisSvc) | - Processes tab: Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service
- Details tab: NisSrv.exe
- Services tab: Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service |
| Microsoft Defender Clipboard Protection | - Processes tab: N/A
- Details tab: DefenderSessionHelper.exe
- Services tab: N/A |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus command-line utility | - Processes tab: N/A
- Details tab: MpCmdRun.exe
- Services tab: N/A |
| Microsoft Security Client Policy Configuration Tool | - Processes tab: N/A
- Details tab: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
- Services tab: N/A |
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ manager: bagol description: Learn how to manage, configure, and use Microsoft Defender Antivirus, built-in anti-malware and antivirus protection. ms.service: defender-endpoint ms.localizationpriority: high-ms.date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-10-05T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: overview author: chrisda ms.author: chrisda-ms.reviewer: mkaminska, yongrhee, pahuijbr+ms.reviewer: mkaminska, yongrhee, pahuijbr, ericlaw ms.custom: nextgen ms.subservice: ngp ms.collection:@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ The following table summarizes Microsoft Defender Antivirus processes and servic | **Microsoft Defender Antivirus Core service**(`MdCoreSvc`) | - **Processes** tab: `Antimalware Core Service`<br>- **Details** tab: `MpDefenderCoreService.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: `Microsoft Defender Core Service` |
| **Microsoft Defender Antivirus service**(`WinDefend`) | - **Processes** tab: `Antimalware Service Executable`<br>- **Details** tab: `MsMpEng.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: `Microsoft Defender Antivirus` |
| **Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Realtime Inspection service**(`WdNisSvc`) | - **Processes** tab: `Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service`<br>- **Details** tab: `NisSrv.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: `Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service` |
+| **Microsoft Defender Clipboard Protection** | - **Processes** tab: N/A<br>- **Details** tab: `DefenderSessionHelper.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: N/A |
| **Microsoft Defender Antivirus command-line utility** | - **Processes** tab: N/A<br>- **Details** tab: `MpCmdRun.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: N/A |
| **Microsoft Security Client Policy Configuration Tool** | - **Processes** tab: N/A<br>- **Details** tab: `ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe`<br>- **Services** tab: N/A |