Scheduled Scans

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Hello,
I was wondering is it possible to customize our scheduled scan time to
minutes?
It seems a little inconvenient to be able to only set to hours. I usually
make it scan at like 7:30 when i watch tv but now it only lets me click 7:00
or 8:00
thx.
 
A Microsoft staffer has commented in these groups that he believes this is
unlikely. I don't know whether this is possible via group policy settings.
See the .networking group for one post relating to that configuration
facility.
 
Hi Jake, Bill,

You could roll your own by scheduling the command line:
mpcmdrun scan -scantype 1
whenever you'd like. That's actually what the UI does, truth be told.

Thanks for trying Windows Defender,
Joe
 
Thanks--If Steve Dodson could provide a blog entry for command-line
options--that'd be a great resource to have.
 
Could you re-write that command line for 7:10pm for me please? I HATE the
scan on the hour as I like to do the scan when my PC is not busy.

Many thanks
Auntie Kate
 
The command line simply runs the scan.

To schedule it at a particular time go to Control Panel, Performand and
Maintenance, Scheduled Tasks, and create a task. Choose Windows Defender,
and hit the advanced configuration button. Remove the executable name
there--leave the path, and replace it with what Joe Faulhaber posted.

Mine ends up looking like this:

E:\PROGRA~1\WIFD1F~1\mpcmdrun scan scantype=1

Yours will likely be different--at least that first letter.

This will open a CMD window while the scan is running. That could be fixed
by setting the job to run minimized, I think.
 
That was a steep learning curve! I've got it going - and learned something
new.

TVM
Auntie Kate
 
The scheduler is a wondrous tool of ancient lineage.

It is decended in a way from the command line "AT" command which still
exists. Generally, these tools are mostly used by network administrators,
who can save vast amounts of time by learning some scripting and command
line tool skills.
 
Oops! I spoke too soon. The scheduled scan ran, but as a full scan, so
perhaps it is my syntax. I have tried:

scan(space)scantype=1
and
scan(space)-scantype(space)1 as shown on Joe Faulhaber's email.

Both of these do a full scan. So, it seems to me that they are selecting
the default. I should be most grateful for any further hints and tips.

Auntie Kate.
 
Hmm - I'd have thought the second example, based of reading the syntax.
Will see if I can see what it really does.
 
I have been trying again and it works using

scan(space)-scantype(space)1

I don't know why it didn't seem to work the last time I tried it. I have
run this from the command line and the Scheduled Tasks so much progress has
been made.

Thank you for all your support here, Bill.

Auntie Kate
 
Great--I think the way that piece of the app works will be a real plus for
lots of people. About the only minus I see is querys from folks with 3rd
party outbound firewalls who want to know what that app is.
 
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