Configure Windows Defender
Run Windows Defender
It should open to the Home screen displaying the current status.
Click on Tools (gear icon) at the top of the screen. Now click on the Options link in the upper left.
Under the ‘Automatic scanning’ section, check all three boxes and set the type to ‘Full System Scan’. Under ‘Default actions’ set High and Medium alerts to ‘Remove’ and Low alerts to ‘Quarantine’.
Under ‘Real-time protection’ there are three subsections. In the first check all the boxes. Check ‘Software that has not yet…’ in the second. In the last subsection, select ‘Always’. Click Save to finish configuration.
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