Windows 10: Windows Defender Quick Scan taking over 18.9 hours

Hello.


I am running a Windows Defender Quick Scan on a desktop PC - 2 SSDs of 128 and 256 gb respectively, and 1tb HDD at ~75% capacity.

Still, mods of other posts say a Quick Scan should be ~30minutes.

What is wrong here?


Thank you,

C

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Windows Defender - Quick Scan

Windows defender no longer offers a quick scan option.

My options are:

• Scan
• Advanced Scan

• Full Scan
• Custom Scan
• Windows Defender Offline scan

Whichever option I check, the scan will need to run for hours to complete.

Is a quick scan available?

How do I restore this feature?

 

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After converting to Windows Defender (Windows 10), the first full scan took 21+ hours for about 9 million items. I reset settings to have the PC never sleep when the PC is plugged in and subsequent scans take about 8.25 - 8.5 hours for the 9 million items.
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[Original title: Windows Defender]