To add more clarification, an expert further added that item exclusion is not the possible reason of error. He further added that he is not aware whether the issue will still exist on turning off the Controlled Folder Access and Cloud-delivered Protection”.Įxperts are saying that files are either getting skipped due to network scanning settings or item exclusions. One of the users who has reported the issue said that “He has encountered the error message while performing both manual and full scan. The error is only noticed in Windows 10, while earlier versions including Windows 7 and 8 have no signs of it. It happened while experts were trying to fix an existing error. It is being reported that the new bug was introduced in and newer versions of Windows Defender. Read More: Microsoft is All Set For a New Era of Windows They further added that they have tested both automatic and manual scans, both failing and are resulting in the given error message. They also said that there are high chances that the scanning process is running perfectly, and the warning messages are a bug in the Windows defender.
The issue is also being believed to be a part of a potential virus. If at all Windows Defender is not able to scan the files, then it’s a serious security concern.
In addition to this experts also quoted that, they are not sure if Windows Defender is detecting threats in Windows 10.
Several users are reporting that the scanning process of Windows Defender is failing after a few seconds of the start, stating that “scan was skipped” and your system is free of all possible threats.Įxperts at Windows have said that they are still trying to find the possible reason behind the error and are not sure what items and files are getting skipped from the scanning process.