Windows Defender update with a simple command

Windows Defender is the ασφάλειας της Microsoft που τώρα προσφέρει δυνατότητες ανίχνευσης στο ίδιο επίπεδο με καταξιωμένες third parties.

In the Windows 10 operating system Windows Defender is the key part of Windows Security, a central security hub that includes extra such as firewall settings, parental control and more.

Windows Defender

In addition to scanning, real-time scanning, cloud analysis, Windows Defender also has full protection against ransomware, as it can detect and block any file changes to the system.

Updates featuring new virus samples are issued by Microsoft very regularly and should be applied immediately to each system as they help identify new threats. This is a must-do for any security product, as updates containing new virus samples help applications detect the latest threats and block them before they reach the you.

In Windows 10, Windows Defender can be updated via Windows Update Because the antivirus is built into operating system of Microsoft. Therefore, from point of view, all you need to do is follow the path below to check for updates on a device running Windows 10:

Settings – Update and Security – - Check for updates

If there are updates, Windows 10 will download and install them automatically.

However, checking for updates with new virus samples does not always work properly, either because of errors or due to malware infections that prevent you from installing updates to prevent them from working.

So below we will see how you can update Windows Defender from the command line utility, a method that is especially useful if the manual update from Windows Update does not work.

Let's see how it works:

In the search type cmd and the black command line icon will appear. Right-click the icon and select Run as Administrator.

In the window that will open, type the following command to check for new updates and download them if available:

"% ProgramFiles% \ Windows Defender \ MpCmdRun.exe" -SignatureUpdate

If the command does not work, you will need to clear the definition cache on your device. For this case, you should use the following command:

"% ProgramFiles% \ Windows Defender \ MpCmdRun.exe" -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures

The above commands work on all versions of Windows 10, and do not require a reboot of your system.

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