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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rsutter on April 12, 2020, 09:31:18 AM

Title: Manual Virus Scan for Outlook
Post by: rsutter on April 12, 2020, 09:31:18 AM

Hello All,

Here is a way to scan suspect Outlook e-mails manually.

It only works if you copy the e-mails to a folder outside of Outlook.

If you attempt this from inside Outlook, you won't have the options listed below.

In my test, I created a folder on the Desktop.

I then copied two e-mails from Outlook and pasted them into the new folder.

Highlight both files and right click

Choose Scan with Windows Defender.

A Windows Defender screen will open up showing the scan results.  This happens instantly.

If you choose Scan Now, Windows Defender will perform a much broader scan of folders.  DON’T CLICK THE SCAN NOW BUTTON.

Just look at the Windows Defender screen.  It will report that the two files that you pasted into the new folder were scanned for viruses. 

If Windows Defender found anything amiss, it would report that on the screen.

View Screen Capture Video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/U4rtF337u1k

Ralph Sutter

Title: Re: Manual Virus Scan for Outlook
Post by: dick on April 13, 2020, 03:05:29 PM

Thank you Ralph. I also tried this with Malwarebytes Premium, my preferred virus checker, and it works fine, much better than the longer involved method in the Malwarebytes Manual!
dickJ
P.S.  Did you test it with a known virus?

Title: Re: Manual Virus Scan for Outlook
Post by: rsutter on April 14, 2020, 10:43:36 AM

Hi Dick,
No.  I didn't have any known viruses readily available.
Ralph