Windows Defender & scanning USBs/external drives.

[Bastet]

Hello all, I’ve moved from Norton to test out WD & would like to know whether Defender automatically scans USB devices upon connecting or will auto scan the files upon accessing/opening?

Thanks,

 

[Norton]

Bastet. I'm not sure if Defender scans connected USB drives. I right click on the USB drive and select Scan with Windows Defender.

 

[Bastet]

Tbh Norton I don’t think it does either, I was hoping that WD would scan the files as I access them instead.

 

[Bastet]

I created a text file with the Eicar string on a USB & just as I’d saved the file Windows defender notified me of a virus, I clicked OK & then tried to open the file where Defender cleaned the ‘virus’. Tested also on a SD card with same results.