On the right side of the dialogue box you will see additional settings, search for the Scan removable drives and double click that setting In that directory scroll down more and look for Windows Defender Antivirus, expand itįinally, look for the Scan folder and click that folder. Scroll down to Windows Components, expand it Look for the Administrative Templates under the top Computer Configuration directory, expand this directory (folder) We are going to make a Group Policy to scan USB flash drives using Windows Defender. I would suggest read the rest of this article and when done, go back and perform the few steps required to make the Windows Defender scan for USB flash drives. This tutorial will take about three minutes to setup. Our only guess, is the scan process of a USB stick can take some time, and for a user to have that step done with each connection, could reduce the user experience. We are not sure why, as USB sticks and downloads from internet sites are probably the two most vunerable ways to get a computer infected. It’s always best to scan a USB flash drive.ĭid you know Windows Defender can be setup to scan a USB stick automatically, when it’s plugged in? Below are the steps to make that configuration setup.īy default, Windows 10 does not have this setting configured. You never know where a flash drive has been.

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