For network scanning to be enabled, the DisableScanningNetworkFiles must be set to False. So what happened? It seems that in the older Windows Defender engines network scanning was enabled by default.

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 ...

If a double-click is not opening the Windows Defender Scans folder on your Windows 11/10 computer, this post will help you. Usually, a virus infection, ...

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 ...

Windows 10 users were presented with a message that stated "Items skipped during scan" when using Windows Defender version 4.18.2003 or later.

Windows Defender scans these files for viruses, but if the file contains malformed code, this automatic scan also ensures malicious code is executed as soon as it reaches a user's computer, ...

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 ...

I prefer to have all my scheduled system tasks centralised...so I'd like to schedule a Defender scan using the *Vista's Task Scheduler*, rather than ...

Microsoft this week announced that its Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management solution can now scan Windows devices that are lacking certain agent support.. This capability, called ...

Microsoft Defender is an in-built antivirus software of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This antivirus software scans the Internet browser and removes viruses, spyware, and malware from ...

Windows Defender, the predecessor to Security Essentials, will also search for keyloggers. Type "Defender" in the Start menu search bar and run a full Defender scan.