Windows defender scan took 3 days to complete

Woke up to find Windows Defender was deleted

If you will be away for more than 3 consecutive days ... I would suggest that you do a manual Quick Scan with the Windows Defender Antivirus.

Windows Defender Full Scans is taking forever. Is this normal?

However, 16 hours is just to long for a full scan. I would suggest you cancel it, empty your temporary folder, run disk can and do disk cleanup.

Why, when I right-click a single file and go "Scan with Microsoft ...

It is normal for Defender to scan a few system files before it checks the file in question, but that preliminary scan should take no more ...

Schedule a Scan in Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Windows 10 Forums

Providing anytime scanning options. Microsoft Defender Antivirus automatically scans your PC for installed malware on a regular basis, but you ...

Windows Defender took 4 days to scan, ever... - Bleeping Computer

Greetings. It is not uncommon to see Windows Defender scan for an extended period of time. Scan times are affected by various factors. Please do this. ... I'd ...

Antivirus "full scan results" shows inflated number of files!

I have an unexplained anomaly which I recently noticed with every antivirus software I use, which includes Windows Defender, Bitdefender and ...

Topic: Windows Defender Inconsistencies @ AskWoody

2. While executing an OFFLINE scan, the yellow warning symbol is shown and the “Preliminary scan results” message appears. In the end, a PuP ( ...

Bitdefender On Windows 10 Full System Scan Taking 40 Hours

Hello. Open your Bitdefender program, go to Protection -> Antivirus -> Open -> Scans -> System Scan, click on the three dots •• ...

Did a factory reset after Windows defender detected a trojan, am I ...

I suggest a new scan for viruses & other malware. This may take several hours, depending on the number of files on the system and the speed of ...

How often do you run Full Scan in Windows Security Virus & threat ...

Windows Defender Security Center provides a Virus & threat protection area to help you scan for threats on your device. If you're already using ...

How Do I Run a Full Scan Using Windows Defender? - YouTube

Use Windows Update to make sure Windows Defender is as up to date as possible. · In Windows Security, Virus & threat protection, use the “Scan ...

My Full Scan is 3 days in and has 4 more days to go, in the past it ...

Full Scan is 3 days in and has 4 more days to go, in the past it finished max in a hour. Pressed the full scan button in Kaspersky Anti-Virus ...

Windows Defender Offline scan switches to Quick Scan

If you feel that the computer is infected, you can try to run a complete scan using the Antivirus program installed on your PC. Alternatively, ...

Windows Defender freezes every time near the middle of the scan

Windows Defender can freeze during virus scans due to bad sectors on a Hard Disk. Running the, chkdsk /F, command should confirm if the Hard Disk has bad ...

I would recommend a Custom scan of new files for Monday through Thursday. and on Friday do the full scan. Scanning does take up CPU and that's why most ...

frequent notification that says: "Security scan required To protect ...

Do you have "Cloud-delivered protection" and "Automatic sample submission" enabled in Windows Security ? ... If they're not both switched to On, ...

Is it Normal to have new updates for Windows defender everyday?

Perfectly normal - they are the AV and anti-malware definitions, the same as with any other Anti-Virus. There's usually at least two updates released every day.

Does Windows Defender run/scan in the background on ... - Quora

If you have some other antivirus software installed, Windows Defender will not perform either real-time or periodic scanning, but allows you to ...

Perennial problem: Windows Defender taking DAYS to run a full scan.

in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; It's Windows 10, fully updated, and it's taking DAYS to run a scan. Earlier ...

Windows Defender — where are the Scan Results?

Obviously, you are able to see when it last ran by opening Windows Defender and looking at the last scan details on the bottom left. If it ...