Windows 10: Microsoft Safety Scanner Strange Results

I ran Microsoft Safety Scanner's full scan on my Windows 10 PC. It ran for over seven days. It scanned over 25,000,000 files! Didn't know there were that many on my machine. While it was running it identified 42 infected files. However, when it finally finished the results screen said "no viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software were detected." What???Several issues here:Most importantly, how is it possible that files were flagged as infected while the app was running but none were reportedly detected when the app finished?The app ran for over seven days. During that time, i

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Unable to Load Microsoft Safety Scanner Web Page


Hi, Which specific URL are you having problems with?

Does this help?
You cannot download the Microsoft Safety Scanner because of a malware infection - Microsoft Support
"If a malware infection is preventing you from downloading the Microsoft Safety Scanner to your computer, use one of the following methods to download and run the tool.Method 1: Run the Microsoft Safety Scanner from removable media

Save the Microsoft Safety Scanner to removable media on an uninfected computer, and then run the tool on the infected computer. To do this, follow these steps:........................................"

You can also get the scanner here e.g.
Microsoft Safety Scanner Download

 

MICROSOFT SAFETY SCANNER RESULT

I ran the Microsoft Safety Scanner after downloading the latest version, and it found 10 infected files. When I checked the resulting action by Microsoft, the response was "Misleading Win32/chekuem partially removed." Should it have been totally removed???
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Microsoft safety scanner finds no virus?

Hello Anxious,

I am Jaspreet Singh.

Microsoft Scanner works in steps.

So at first stage it will detect what may be an infected file and it will add that to a list. This is the number you see when you see the scanner progressing. These are not actual infections, just suspicious files.

Once the scan is done the safety scanner will match the suspected files with the most recent database of threats and then tell you the actual infections on your system. If the last number is 0 it means no actual infection was found.