

“Microsoft Defender AV employs real-time scanning of endpoints, which was not impacted by this update. Update: In a statement to Windows Latest, Microsoft confirmed that they are aware of the reports: Until then, your best option is to use Windows Defender’s Custom scan feature. The update is still available for download, but since it is a widespread issue, a fix will be rolled out in the coming hours. 7 is the latest version of the security program and it was shipped on September 16. I submitted a feedback option on the Feedback Hub,” another user confirmed the weird bug.Īccording to Microsoft’s Update Catalog, Windows Defender Antivirus version. Fired up a clean VM and I got 5 files scanned on the new VM.


I got 3 files scanned on my laptop, and 40 files scanned on my desktop. “Windows Defender wont let me do a full scan, it stops after 40-50 files,” another user documented this bug on Twitter. Offline scan doesn’t work at all,” a user said in a post on Windows 10’s Feedback Hub. The scan only looks at the first 4 files and closes abruptly. “I open windows defender, do a full scan.
