Offline Virus Scan from PowerShell

[Shintaro]

Here is a quick way to run an Offline Virus Scan from PowerShell.​

****NOTE: After Entering the PowerShell command below the system is going to reboot. So save your work etc first.

• Press
  
  + X (Windows Key and the X key)

• Select Power Shell (Admin)

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**Note: if you have "Command Prompt (Admin)", that's ok.

When it opens just type the following:

c:\Windows\system32> powershell

That will start Power Shell.

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Type in the following:​

PS C:\ > Start-MpWDOScan

The system will then reboot and run a virus scan.