Use Windows Defender with Command Prompt on Windows 10

Windows Defender is a free antivirus software that Microsoft has created to combat computer malware. This security software is built on Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. Windows Defender will find and remove viruses, spyware (spyware), rootkits and bootkits and other malicious code on your computer. In this article, you will learn how to use Windows Defender with the Command Prompt on Windows 10.

1. Work with Windows Defender using Command Prompt

The following commands use MSASCui.exe which allows you to update (update) or run various scans of Windows Defender. First press the key combination Windows + I To open the Power User Menu, click Command Prompt (Admin). To activate the next update, enter the following command in the window Command Prompt then Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -UpdateAndQuickScan

download and install Windows Defender update, enter the following command and then press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -Update

use Windows Defender scans the system quickly, enter the following command and then press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -QuickScan

scan the whole system , enter the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -FullScan

Also you can -hide at the end of each statement to prevent Windows Defender open. For example: "C: Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -UpdateAndQuickScan -hide. Windows Defender also includes the MpCmdRun.exe utility, which you can use to automatically run or run Windows Defender " silently "without having to launch the Desktop Client. First press the key combination Windows + I To open the Power User Menu, click Command Prompt (Admin). To enable the update, enter the following command in the Command Prompt window and press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -SignatureUpdate

To use Windows Defender to scan your system quickly, enter the following command and press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 1

To scan the entire system, enter the following command in the Command Prompt window and press Enter:

"ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 3

To customize a file or directory scan instead of scanning the whole system, enter the following command and press Enter:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 3 -File PATH-TO-FILE-OR-FOLDER

Assuming to scan all the files and folders in the Public folder, use the following command:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 3 -File C: UsersPublic

Also, you can scan and remove malicious boot sector code by using the following command:

"% ProgramFiles% Windows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType -BootSectorScan

Check out some of the articles below:

• Here's how to completely disable Windows Defender on Windows 10, 7 and Windows Vista

• Windows Defender is disabled or inactive, here's how to fix it

• The cause of the error is not open Windows Defender on Widows 7/8/10 and how to fix

Good luck!