From 976ad5a7c7a8920ee108d6e356e5aff533679aed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Caparas Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:40:36 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] remove 2 cmds, fix typo --- ...md-scan-windows-defender-for-windows-10.md | 22 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/keep-secure/run-cmd-scan-windows-defender-for-windows-10.md b/windows/keep-secure/run-cmd-scan-windows-defender-for-windows-10.md index 9e6debeb0f..bf02b33e04 100644 --- a/windows/keep-secure/run-cmd-scan-windows-defender-for-windows-10.md +++ b/windows/keep-secure/run-cmd-scan-windows-defender-for-windows-10.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Run a scan from the command line in Windows Defender in Windows 10 (Windows 10) -description: IT professionals can run a scan using the command line in Windows Defender in Windows 10. -keywords: scan, command line, mpcmdrun, defender +title: Learn how to run a scan from command line in Windows Defender (Windows 10) +description: Windows Defender utility enables IT professionals to use command line to run antivirus scans. +keywords: run windows defender scan, run antivirus scan from command line, run windows defender scan from command line, mpcmdrun, defender search.product: eADQiWindows 10XVcnh ms.pagetype: security ms.prod: w10 @@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ author: mjcaparas IT professionals can use a command-line utility to run a Windows Defender scan. -The utility is available in _%Program Files%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe_ +The utility is available in _%Program Files%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe_. This utility can be handy when you want to automate the use of Windows Defender. -**To run a full system scan from the command line** +**To run a quick scan from the command line** 1. Click **Start**, type **cmd**, and press **Enter**. 2. Navigate to _%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender_ and enter the following command, and press **Enter**: ``` -C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun.exe -scan -scantype 2 +C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun.exe -scan -scantype 1 ``` -The full scan will start. When the scan completes, you'll see a message indicating that the scan is finished. +The quick scan will start. When the scan completes, you'll see a message indicating that the scan is finished. The utility also provides other commands that you can run: @@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ MpCmdRun.exe [command] [-options] Command | Description :---|:--- \- ? / -h | Displays all available options for the tool -\-Scan [-ScanType #] [-File [-DisableRemediation] [-BootSectorScan]][-Timeout ] | Scans for malicious softare +\-Scan [-ScanType #] [-File [-DisableRemediation] [-BootSectorScan]][-Timeout ] | Scans for malicious software \-Trace [-Grouping #] [-Level #]| Starts diagnostic tracing \-GetFiles | Collects support information \-RemoveDefinitions [-All] | Restores the installed signature definitions to a previous backup copy or to the original default set of signatures -\-AddDynamicSignature [-Path] | Loads a dyanmic signature +\-AddDynamicSignature [-Path] | Loads a dynamic signature \-ListAllDynamicSignature [-Path] | Lists the loaded dynamic signatures \-RemoveDynamicSignature [-SignatureSetID] | Removes a dynamic signature -\-EnableIntegrityServices | Enables integrity services -\-SubmitSamples | Submit all sample requests \ No newline at end of file + +The command-line utility provides detailed information on the other commands supported by the tool.