Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Protection against malicious software must always be up to date and, above all, active. With the Microsoft Defender Antivirus module, you manage the Microsoft Defender Antivirus built into Windows centrally and easily. At a glance, you see the status of the virus signatures, detected threats and the times of the last scans.

Overview

The overview shows right away whether and how a system is protected and whether threats have been found, together with the times of the last quick scan and the last full scan. The status of the virus signatures is shown in a row of its own.

Actions

Here you start a quick scan, a full scan or an offline scan. All actions are logged.

Scheduled scans

Under Scheduled scans, you create one-time or recurring scan tasks. For each task, select the type of scan (Quick scan or Full scan), the days of the week and the time.

Reports

A table lists the latest scans and the threats found. Click an entry for more information.

Settings

If real-time protection is not active, you can activate it here with one click. For security reasons, you cannot deactivate it in O&O Syspectr. When another antivirus solution is installed, Windows automatically deactivates Microsoft Defender Antivirus; when you uninstall or deactivate the other solution, Windows should activate it again. If it does not, you can activate it here.