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 ...

A bug in the latest version of Windows Defender causes Quick and Full scans to fail after a few seconds and only scanning a few files.

Windows Defender, if configured using GPEDIT, REGEDIT or PowerShell, can scan contents of archive files during a Manual or a Scheduled 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 ...

A major bug has been reported in Windows Defender, the built-in antivirus program that many Windows users take advantage of.

Microsoft has had more than its fair share of Windows 10 quality control problems over the past few months, with one of the most recent ones relating to its Windows Defender anti-malware software ...

As it turns out, by default, Windows Defender Antivirus does not scan external drives during a full scan — only during quick and custom scans.

There's currently a major bug in Windows Defender, the free antivirus software that ships with Windows 10. Running a Quick or Full scan will fail after a few seconds and only go through a handful ...

If the scan of your hard drive with Microsoft Defender seems to take forever, it's worth finding out why.

For the past couple of weeks, Windows 10 users have been reporting that Windows Defender scans are skipping files due to a configured exclusion or network scanning setting.

If you are looking to view the Windows Defender offline scan results or log, then this information should help a great deal in your quest.

Windows 10 users received a ray of light earlier this week. But now normal service has been resumed and you need to be on high alert yet again. This is what you need to know.