About 158,000 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Periodic Scanning in Windows 10

    Nov 1, 2022 · The Limited Periodic Scanning setting can be turned on for unmanaged devices. When turned on, Windows 10 will use the Microsoft Defender scanning engine to periodically scan your PC …

  2. How to Scan with Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 10

    Nov 1, 2022 · Also, Windows Update downloads definition updates for Windows Security automatically to help keep your device safe and protect it from threats. This tutorial will show you different ways on …

  3. Turn On or Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus

    Feb 2, 2021 · If you have a 3rd party AV program installed and disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus, this will also disable periodic scanning. If you have Windows 10 build 18305 or higher installed, you will …

  4. how to cancel windows defender automatic scans?

    Jun 6, 2016 · My understanding is that Windows Defender uses real-time protection to scan everything that you download or run on your PC. This happens in real-time whenever you run a file or request a …

  5. Windows Defender Scan gets "stuck" but not frozen..?

    May 4, 2020 · Windows Defender Scan gets "stuck" but not frozen..? tried googling this a bunch, but nothing i've found has resolved the issue and i'm not sure what to do. hopefully its one of those …

  6. Add or Remove Microsoft Defender Antivirus Exclusions in Windows 10

    Sep 8, 2022 · This tutorial will show you how to add or remove exclusions to Microsoft Defender Antivirus for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You must be signed in as an administrator to …

  7. Why is Defender scanning a whole lot more files than usual?

    Nov 13, 2020 · Why is Defender scanning a whole lot more files than usual? I have a quick scan going on right now. It's been about twenty minutes and it's still scanning and it's almost at five million files …

  8. How to monitor Windows Defender real time protection?

    Oct 5, 2017 · The UI of Android Studio? OpenJDK? My Android Emulator? Some other anti virus product like Avira offered a view of files and programs that it scanned, even offering direct "exclude from …

  9. Enable or Disable Scan Archive Files by Windows Defender in Windows …

    Nov 1, 2022 · How to Enable or Disable Scan Archive Files by Windows Defender in Windows 10 Information Windows Defender helps protect your PC against

  10. Enable Microsoft Defender Scan Mapped Network Drives in Windows 10

    12 Nov 2020 How to Enable or Disable Scan Mapped Network Drives with Microsoft Defender in Windows 10 Starting with Windows 10 version 2004, Windows Defender Antivirus as been renamed …