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Check for the latest virus and spyware security intelligence before running a scheduled scan

This policy setting allows you to manage whether a check for new virus and spyware security intelligence will occur before running a scan. This setting applies to scheduled scans, but it has no effect on scans initiated manually from the user interface or to the ones started from the command line using "mpcmdrun -Scan". If you enable this setting, a check for new security intelligence will occur before running a scan. If you disable this setting or do not configure this setting, the scan will start using the existing security intelligence.

Policy Details

Policy Name
CheckForSignaturesBeforeRunningScan
Registry Key
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan
Value Name
CheckForSignaturesBeforeRunningScan
Supported On
At least Windows Vista
Policy State Values
Enabled: 1
Disabled: 0
Available Languages
en-us