{"id":13785,"date":"2020-03-21T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T17:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=13785"},"modified":"2020-03-25T09:21:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T08:21:45","slug":"windows-10-defender-skips-elements-during-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/03\/21\/windows-10-defender-skips-elements-during-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10: Defender skips elements during scan"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]There may be a problem with Windows Defender. In Windows 10, users who scan the system with Windows Defender receive a message that items were skipped due to exclusions or network protection settings. Addendum:<\/strong>\u00a0Microsoft has issued a fix.<\/p>\n

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\"\"An anonymous user has sent me a note as a comment. Apparently the problem has been noticed in several places. There is this Microsoft Answers forum<\/a> post from March 10, 2020, where the problem is described.<\/p>\n

Windows Defender, \"Items Skipped During Scan\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

I keep getting this notification after quick scans, \"Windows Defender skipped an item due to exclusions or network protection settings.\"<\/p>\n

To make this clear: I don't have ANY exclusions, and as far as I'm aware, I haven't changed my network protection settings in the past.<\/p>\n

What's going on? Is this malware, or a bug with the new update? How do I fix this? I want to be reassured that I'm safe, this isn't very reassuring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This forum post now contains answers over 4 pages, and someone has posted the relevant message as a screenshot.<\/p>\n

\"Defender:<\/p>\n

Details of which item is skipped are missing. Within this forum thread<\/a> a user asks how to determine what is skipped, but still no answer. On reddit.com there is this post<\/a>, where many users have also noticed this behaviour. People also say that they have not set any exclusion criteria.<\/p>\n

Problem exists since mid March 2020<\/h2>\n

Within this Spanish language MS Answers forum post<\/a> somebody states that the message first appeared after the installation of the March 11, 2020 update. He mentioned the Defender Platform 4.18.2003.5 there. On tenforums.com you can find this thread<\/a> where the bug with the Defender Platform 4.18.2003.4-0 is reported. There the user states that he has not made any changes – not even to the network. Currently we have Defender Platform 4.18.2003.6, but still many users who claiming this issue.<\/p>\n

Currently it seems to me that a false alarm is triggered by a bug in Windows Defender. A solution has not been found yet. Any of you affected?<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> There is a workaround to avoid the message. I've covered it within the article Windows 10: Fix for skipped Defender scans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Addendum 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Microsoft has released an update to fix that behavior, see\u00a0Update KB4052623: Microsoft fixes Defender Scan Skip Bug<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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