I'll note that mpengine.dll was updated for me on Windows 11 Pro 21H2 in spite of my blocking autoupdates via Group Policy.
To be clear: I'm aware Windows Defender updates itself independently of Windows Update, and I actually don't mind and even appreciate this behaviour since Defender updates almost always aren't intrusive unlike the rest of Windows Update.
To be clear: I'm aware Windows Defender updates itself independently of Windows Update, and I actually don't mind and even appreciate this behaviour since Defender updates almost always aren't intrusive unlike the rest of Windows Update.
Just an FYI for people with similar configs.