Quick scan taking too long ( > 2 hours)

Good Day ZatchBell_Z,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 10 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

The scan may depends on how fast is your device and how large is files stored in your device to perform a scan. As long as there a progress while scanning I highly suggest for you to wait .Please don't use the computer while it is scanning to prevent any interruption.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,
Carlo T.

Hey Carlo,

Well after 6 hours I cancelled the scan because It wasn't stopping and i have other things to do too. Is there a way where i can just reset the defender or remove its all data something like that. Like we do with mobile apps clear data and cache.

Because this thing is getting on my nerve.

Dude I will delete that software probably in a day I don't need any other software for virus rather than W-AV. Its just a temp. solution to my problem what i need is a permanent fix.

None of them worked............................ :-(:-(:-(:-(:-(:-(:-(

I wanna cry now.....................

Time keeps on increasing...........

but the bar doesn't move a inch from the middle.....

Something is clearly wrong with your system, since there's no way a Windows Defender Quick scan should ever scan more than about 30 to 40,000 files, while yours is indicating it's already scanned over 366,000.

I've never seen this particular symptom before, though we occasionally hear about extremely long scan times.

If someone else here knows a way to reset only Windows Defender, then that might aid in removing the problem, but otherwise I'd think only resetting or otherwise repairing Windows 10 itself might be the solution required.

Rob

I agree with Rob.

Here are two procedures that may reset Defender, and aid in resolving your problem.

Less trouble than rebuilding your complete OS.

Copy the following PowerShell Cmdlet.

Get-AppxPackage *SecHealthUI* -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppxManifest.xml"}

Then open Windows PowerShell (Admin) by right clicking the Windows Logo (Start Key), and

select it. On the PowerShell screen, right click on the blinking System 32 cursor, and the Cmdlet

will populate. If it doesn't start automatically, hit <enter>.

The procedure does not run for very long. You can tell that it is running by the green bar with

the yellow writing. When it finishes, type exit, at the cursor and restart your PC. Test the Quick

Scan again. If this did not offer relief, you can try the manual reset that is within Defender.

Scroll down the "Start" menu to "Windows Security", and right click it.

Rest the cursor on "More", and click "App Settings".

Scroll down to "Reset" and click that. This deletes the App's data.

Restart your PC, and test Quick Scan again.

Good luck, Glen

Good Day ZatchBell_Z,

I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, the scan in Windows security may depend how large is the files in your computer and on how fast your device to scan them.

While scanning don't use your computer to avoid interruption, and since you already run the malwarebytes scanner, there is no need to you to scan it using the Windows security.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.