Windows 10: Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan!

Discus and support Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hello.When trying to do Defender scans they more often than not just hang and don't complete.Also, when doing an Offline scan, it lets me set it up but... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by CrVMo, Oct 27, 2023.

  1. CRVMO
    CrVMo Win User

    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan!


    Hello.When trying to do Defender scans they more often than not just hang and don't complete.Also, when doing an Offline scan, it lets me set it up but the system will not go offline and run it.At the moment I can only do a Quick Scan.How can I try to resolve this situation please?Thank you,TC

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    CrVMo, Oct 27, 2023
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  2. STEVE C
    Steve C Win User

    Defender Periodic Scanning or Offline Scanning?

    That link does suggest it's useful to use Defender offline scanning in addition to periodic scanning and a third party real time anti virus (e.g. Kaspersky).
     
    Steve C, Oct 27, 2023
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  3. CYBER_DEFEND_TEAM
    Cyber_Defend_Team Win User
    Windows Defender Scan Hangs

    What is the file location which it hangs?

    Are you preforming full scan or quick scan?

    Are you using Windows Defender or Windows Defender Offline?
     
    Cyber_Defend_Team, Oct 27, 2023
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  4. EYEINTHESKY
    EyeInTheSky Win User

    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan!

    Microsoft Defender Offline Scan

    Restored the Macrium Image and got my Recovery partitions back:


    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! 306422d1605435439t-microsoft-defender-offline-scan-partitions-restored.jpg



    So as expected, I had a bunch of updates to do:


    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! 306423d1605435557t-microsoft-defender-offline-scan-updates.jpg


    After the updates, I gave Microsoft Defender Offline a try and it worked!


    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! 306424d1605435700t-microsoft-defender-offline-scan-offline.jpg



    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! 306425d1605435765t-microsoft-defender-offline-scan-percent-complete.jpg


    And this just shows that I'm back at the latest version build of 20H2:


    Defender scans keep hanging - also, can't do Offline scan! 306427d1605435878t-microsoft-defender-offline-scan-version.jpg


    This one was my fault and I admit I was the culprit of my own troubles. It was just a coincidence that I used Partition Wizard around the same time the Cumulative Updates were going on from Oct 28th to November 11th and it gave me the suspicion to suspect them being responsible for the Offline scan problem.

    I mean who the heck would of ever thought that a Recovery Partition would have anything to do with an Offline Scan in an Online world?

    A special thanks to OldNavyGuy for his suggestion that a Windows Recovery Partition being deleted was the problem.
     
    EyeInTheSky, Oct 27, 2023
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