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<blockquote data-quote="Cats-4_Owners-2" data-source="post: 222142" data-attributes="member: 15495"><p><a href="http://malwaretips.com/members/overkill.1256/" target="_blank">Overkill</a>, I too have run into the obstacle of not being able to right click to scan an item with Windows Defender,<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite112" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> but (in the end) found the following an easy alternative to right clicking.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Open Windows Defender</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On the Home Tab page, to the right under "Scan options:" choose "custom"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Here you can choose to scan whole drives (longer scans) or specific folders usually right clicked on (short scans). I scanned my external flash drive Lexar (E) before I saw this thread, and it was quick. (well, <strong>no, </strong>It was actually "<strong><em>custom</em></strong>")!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite115" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite114" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The files I usually scan most often using Defender are my newest program downloads as follows:</li> </ol> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Computer Drive (C) > Users > (My name) > downloads (check it's box & Scan)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You will be able to find any individual file to scan in this way, on the file tree, when using Malwarebytes as well.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cats-4_Owners-2, post: 222142, member: 15495"] [URL='http://malwaretips.com/members/overkill.1256/']Overkill[/URL], I too have run into the obstacle of not being able to right click to scan an item with Windows Defender,:mad: but (in the end) found the following an easy alternative to right clicking.:) [LIST=1] [*]Open Windows Defender [*]On the Home Tab page, to the right under "Scan options:" choose "custom" [*]Here you can choose to scan whole drives (longer scans) or specific folders usually right clicked on (short scans). I scanned my external flash drive Lexar (E) before I saw this thread, and it was quick. (well, [B]no, [/B]It was actually "[B][I]custom[/I][/B]")!!;):p :cool: [*]The files I usually scan most often using Defender are my newest program downloads as follows: [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Computer Drive (C) > Users > (My name) > downloads (check it's box & Scan) [*]You will be able to find any individual file to scan in this way, on the file tree, when using Malwarebytes as well.:):) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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