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How to enable Network scanning in Windows Defender on Windows 11/10

There are three ways to disable or enable Network scanning in Windows Defender on Windows 11/10. Each of these will allow network scanning. There is no output for this command, so you will have to ...
TWCN Tech News

How to limit or set Maximum CPU Usage for Windows Defender Scan

Windows Defender Antivirus has a maximum 50% CPU usage for a scan by default in Windows 11/10. But, you can specify a percentage of CPU usage you want Windows Defender Antivirus to not exceed. In this ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Defender Bug in Windows 10 Skips Files During Scans

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. The users who report ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Defender Antivirus Scans Broken After New Update

Update: This issue is now resolved in "Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.301.1684.0)" definitions. Microsoft has released a new update for Windows ...
ZDNet

Windows Defender malware scans are failing after a few seconds

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 of ...