The latest version of Windows Defender has a bug that will cause Quick and Full scans to fail after only a few seconds and scanning only a small number of files . The bug affects Windows Defender ...

The Windows Security application does not allow you to change the scheduled scan type, but with the help of a few methods, we can change it from Quick Scan to Full Scan.

Windows Defender users also ran into problems with Microsoft's built-in antivirus in September, though in that case both Quick Scan and Full Scan were complete within seconds because Windows ...

Instead of relying on a Quick or Full scan, users can use the Windows Defender "Custom scan" feature and select the drives or folders they'd like scanned, manually, one by one. Updated on ...

Microsoft has released a new update for Windows Defender that has broken both the Quick and Full antivirus scans. When users use these scan options, Windows Defender will only scan approximately ...

Microsoft has addressed this bug with with the latest "Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.301.1684.0)" definitions. Comments Tags: Microsoft ...

Picked up by Windows Latest, forums are currently full of Windows 10 users reporting that a new Microsoft update (4.18.2003.4-0) has caused Windows Defender, the platform’s integrated antivirus ...

That fix, Windows Defender version 4.18.1908.7, unfortunately introduced another, just as serious, scanning problem: both quick and full scans stopped working after inspecting only a handful of files.

Even still, when they conduct a Quick Scan or Full Scan using Windows Defender, a Windows 10 Action Center notification will be created that states that items were skipped during the scan with the ...

In “Windows Security,” start a manual scan with Microsoft Defender and also see the progress of the scan there. The scan can take several hours for large amounts of data. Chris Hoffman/IDG ...

Windows Defender scan has started. (Event ID 1000) Windows Defender scan has finished. (Event ID 1001) Windows Defender signature version has been updated. (2000) Here, you can check the logs.