Windows 10: Windows Security skipped 1 file, how can I see what it was?

I scan my computer with Windows Security frequently-- usually once a day. About once a week I'll do a full scan, and maybe once every other week I'll do an offline scan, but for daily scans I do quick scan.


Tonight I did a quick scan and in Notifications it says that Windows Security skipped 1 file due to my exclusions or network settings, something like that. It's never skipped a file before, and I haven't set any exclusions-- in fact, when I go to the screen for exclusions there are no exclusions showing.


I want to know which file was skipped, because I want to be sure there's nothing suspicious going on, but I can't see any place to list any files that were excluded. Is there a way to list the excluded files?


I did a second quick scan and got the same message.


I did an offline scan and didn't see any messages.


I'm doing a full scan now to see if it shows the message.


If I haven't set any exclusions, what other reasons might it have for excluding a file? And how can I see which file was skipped? What's especially puzzling is that I've never seen it skip a file before.


EDIT -- Full scan completed and shows the same message in Notifications: "The Windows Defender Antivirus scan skipped an item due to exclusion or network scanning settings." But I haven't changed any settings, I have no exclusions set, and this is a private home network. If this is perfectly okay then that's fine, but it's never skipped any items before tonight, and I just want to know what item was skipped so I'll know whether or not I've got a possible problem.


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Windows Security skipped 1 file, how can I see what it was?

I scan my computer with Windows Security frequently-- usually once a day. About once a week I'll do a full scan, and maybe once every other week I'll do an offline scan, but for daily scans I do quick scan.

Tonight I did a quick scan and in Notifications it says that Windows Security skipped 1 file due to my exclusions or network settings, something like that. It's never skipped a file before, and I haven't set any exclusions-- in fact, when I go to the screen
for exclusions there are no exclusions showing.

I want to know which file was skipped, because I want to be sure there's nothing suspicious going on, but I can't see any place to list any files that were excluded. Is there a way to list the excluded file(s)?

I did a second quick scan and got the same message.

I did an offline scan and didn't see any messages.

I'm doing a full scan now to see if it shows the message.

If I haven't set any exclusions, what other reasons might it have for excluding a file? And how can I see which file was skipped? What's especially puzzling is that I've never seen it skip a file before.

EDIT -- Full scan completed and shows the same message in Notifications: "The Windows Defender Antivirus scan skipped an item due to exclusion or network scanning settings." But I haven't changed any settings, I have no exclusions set, and this is a private
home network. If this is perfectly okay then that's fine, but it's never skipped any items before tonight, and I just want to know what item was skipped so I'll know whether or not I've got a possible problem.

 

security failure update

Hello PJOC_56,

To better assist you, I'd like to know the following:

• Are you getting any error messages when checking for updates?

• Confirm the most recent KB update that your computer is trying to install. To check, refer to the steps below:

• Press Windows key + I, select Update & Security.
• Go to Windows Update, click on View installed update history.
  
  

Please verify if you're using any 3rd-party antivirus software. If yes, we recommend to try disabling it and proceed on installing the update.

If the issue still occurs, we recommend performing the steps below:

Step 1: Delete Temp Files

1. Press Windows key + R, then type in TEMP
and press Enter.

2. Delete all files and folders.

3. Skip files that cant be deleted.



Step 2: Delete %Temp% Files

1. Press Windows key + R, then type in
%TEMP% and press Enter.

2. Delete all files and folders.

3. Skip files that cant be deleted.



Step 3: Delete Software Distribution Folder

1. Press Windows key + R, then type in %windir% and press
Enter.

2. Go to Software Distribution Folder.

3. Delete all files and folders

4. Skip files that cant be deleted.

5. Check for the update.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards.

 

Microsoft Releases Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2

Yes, it is part of Windows 7 SP1: Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.xls
Open file and click on the "Update List" tab at bottom of MS Excel window to see list of KBs.