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Start-MpWDOScan

Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:14 pm

NAME Start-MpWDOScan



SYNOPSIS

Starts a Windows Defender offline scan.





SYNTAX

Start-MpWDOScan [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Start-MpWDOScan cmdlet starts a Windows Defender offline scan on a computer.





PARAMETERS

-CimSession [<CimSession[]>]

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession

or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ThrottleLimit [<Int32>]

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0

is entered, then Windows PowerShell???? calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running

on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



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Example 1: Start an offline scan



PS C:\\>Start-MpWDOScan



This command starts a Windows Defender offline scan on the computer where you run the command. This command causes the computer to start in

Windows Defender offline and begin the scan.







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