Windows 8 system How to set up Windows Defender

Windows Defender is a program used to remove, isolate, and prevent spyware, and Windows 8 systems built with Microsoft's MSE antivirus software. Like all other anti-virus software, it also needs to update the virus library regularly. Let's look at which settings it contains.

Open method:

Under the system at the same time press the Windows key and pause break key to pull out the system properties, through the Control Panel open Control Panel, the Control Panel in the upper-right corner of the "view" to large icons, through the large icon to find Windows Defender.

The main interface is as follows, including the home page, update, history, and setup four modules.

1, the home page can be very clear to see the machine protected State, enable real-time protection and virus library updated to the latest, it will be displayed on the home page a large green check. The page can be scanned for viruses, in fast, complete, custom three modes.

A quick scan can examine areas that are most likely to receive malicious software, including viruses, spyware, and unwanted software.

A full scan can check all files on the hard disk and any programs that are running. This scan may need to last more than one hours, depending on your system;

Custom scans check only the locations and files you choose. Select "Custom" and click "Scan Now", which is the pop-up Range selection dialog box;

2, update the page for virus Library update. Here you can see the last update time, through the "Update" button to the virus library online updates;

3, the history of the interface can see the previous detection of viruses and the operations you have done. Select the item and click "View Details" to further action on the selected information, such as delete or restore;

4, set the interface to the MSE system settings;

A, enable or disable real-time protection

B, exclude files in certain locations or certain types of files or even some processes to speed up the scan

C, advanced settings to set whether to scan the archive file, scan the removable drive, create a restore point before cleaning the virus, allow all users to view the full history, how long the quarantined files are deleted, and so on.

D, Windows Active protection services

E, Agent. When the setting enables Windowsdefender, alerts are issued by Windows Defender when other antivirus software is installed on the system.