What is Exploit:JS/Wacole.B, and why can't Windows Defender remove it?

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AnnieSeudan

Yesterday, Windows Defender has alerted me saying that it has found threats on my computer. Windows Defender says the name of the threat is Exploit:JS/Wacole.B, and that it was found in hiberfil.sys. I tried removing it multiple times, but it never seems to stay gone. After doing multiple full scans resulting in no threats found, I thought the issue had been dealt with. However, a few hours ago, Windows Defender has alerted me once again to tell me that there are threats on my computer, the threat still being Exploit:JS/Wacole.B, the affected item still being file: \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadow

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