

Users should run a full scan once every month to ensure that there are no viruses and malware hiding in the computer.

Once the scan is done, typically very quickly, the results will appear as they do in normal scans. Right-click a file or folder (or group of files), and choose the Scan with Windows Defender command. To scan a specific file, group of files, folder or drive with Windows Defender, user can use the Right-Click Context Menu option. The easiest way to run a scan is the good old right-click menu.

Run a full scan, custom scan, or a Windows Defender Offline scan

Review threats that were quarantined, removed, or allowedĮnable various features, including Real-time protection, Cloud-delivered protection, Advanced notifications, and Automatic ample submission Update the protection ("definition updates") The following images compare the location of settings and functions between the old and new windows Defender Interface.Īfter Windows 10 build version 1703, 1709 You can easily found these Settings using the following images. The Windows Defender desktop program is still there, named Windows Defender Antivirus, but all settings are now inside this modern application interface.Ĭomparison of settings and functions of the old Windows Defender and the new Windows Defender interface.Īll of the previous functions and settings from the Windows Defender (Windows 10 before version 1703) are now found in the new Windows Defender Security Center interface. Windows 10 Creators Update build 1703 and Higher (published in April 2017) introduces the new Windows Defender Security Center interface.
