Guide: How to Run an Offline Scan in Windows Defender

Windows Defender is Microsoft’s free, built-in antivirus and anti-malware program in Windows. It collaborates with the other security features of the operating system, such as Windows 10’s built-in antivirus and anti-malware program, but no antivirus program is perfect. In such a situation, an antivirus program such as Windows Defender may not be reliable or it may not work at all. To use it effectively, you usually have to turn to a so-called ‘offline’ utility.

Offline scan of Windows Defender

To get started, log into your Windows 10 PC and launch it Windows Defender Security Center. You can do this by searching for it from the Start menu or by selecting it from the All apps list. Once the Security Center window appears, select Virus and threat protection (the Shield icon below). Home in the list on the left side of the window). Here you can run a quick scan and configure your scan settings and definition update preferences. We need one more step though, so click Run a new advanced scan, is located under the Quick Scan button.The Advanced Scans window allows you to run a full scan of everything on your PC, a custom scan of only certain locations or the Offline scan of Windows Defender, that’s what we’re looking for.Click on the radio button to select the offline scan option, then click Scan now. Windows will warn you that the offline scan requires the user to restart their PC. Make sure all your work and open applications are saved and then proceed, accepting all user access control prompts.After a few moments, your PC will restart. Rather than booting to Windows, a similar boot screen will instead take you to a dedicated copy of the Windows Defender interface.At this point, Defender operates completely independently of your operating system, giving it full access to potentially infected files while minimizing the risk of getting itself compromised. The time it takes for the scan to complete depends on the size of your drive and the speed of your hardware. Just make sure it ends.When it is done, Defender will attempt to remove any infections it finds. If successful, your PC will reboot to Windows where you can check if there is indeed an issue with resolution; if not however you may need to consider using offline versions of other tools or taking more drastic measures such as reformattingthe hard drive

How to Run an Offline Scan in Windows Defender: benefits

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Windows Defender Offline Scanning Guide: How to Do It In order to run a Windows Defender Offline Scan in your computer, you will need to first create a Windows Defender account. Once you have created an account, you can then follow the steps below to complete the Offline Scan.

  1. Open Windows Defender and click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen. This will open a new window that will look like Figure 1. Figure 1: The main screen of Windows Defender when offline scanning
  2. In this window, select “Offline Scan” from the list and click on the green check mark next to it.
  3. If you are using an older computer or if your internet connection is not very good, you may experience some problems completing the Offline Scan. Please keep reading for more information about how to complete this scan successfully.
  4. After completing the Offline Scan, please review your results and let us know if there were any problems with it!

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