Is there any way to set up a full scan?

[EApplegate]

I always see an automatic quick scan taking place, but with Windows
Defender how do you set up an automatic full scan?

 

[Guest]

Click on Tools, then General Settings. The type of automatic scan can be
selected there.

 

[Guest]

Word or warning though, Windows Defender seems to ignore the time you select
here. My automatic scan runs at 12 noon, even though it is set to 2am in the
settings.

 

[Tom Emmelot]

Hello Applegate,

In Tools General the first box.

Regards >*< TOM >*<

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[EApplegate]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I just downloaded the program a few hours ago
and didn't get a chance to play around with it. I found the full scan
option about 2 minutes before reading your reply.

Does Windows Defender allow for just scanning the registry?
If Microsoft could somehow manage to make the program less memory intensive
and increase the signature files to about 40 mg (30x it's current size or
so), I would feel better off. I would like a program that does such an
intensive and deep scan of the registry that it account for every key in
there! Whenever I do a regedit command, I always find something in there
that has me wondering what the heck it is.

 

[Tom Emmelot]

Hello Applegate,

no just registry, but it does on full and quick scan so far i know.
about the signature files, is not so match my Trend AS is on 23 mb and
my Trend AV is on 77mb so WD is not so big spender.
The tray icon is there when you need it and the program is running true
services so you can find him there also in the system log!

Regards >*< TOM >*<


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[Bill Sanderson]

The scan should go at the time scheduled--it is done as a hidden job under
the windows scheduled tasks functionality.

If a scan is missed because the machine isn't on, however, I've heard that
it starts 10 minutes after the next startup.

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[Bill Sanderson]

As a caution: full scans are very resource intensive--they won't throw up a
UI so you know it is happening--unless you run the app--but your system will
notice.

The quickscan is very effective--it starts with the startup locations and
system integration points and works back--so a quickscan should do the job
of finding currently active infections.

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[EApplegate]

Are you saying your Trend AV directory is 77 mg or the signature file
alone is 77 mg?

Avast is alot smaller!