Microsoft Releases Fix for Windows Defender Crashes During Quick and Full Scans
Microsoft has released a fix for a problem in Windows Defender that caused the built-in antivirus to crash during quick or full scans. The issue affected a portion of computers running Windows 10 and Windows 11 following a recent batch of patches.
Users encountered the message "Threat service has stopped. Restart it" along with access violation error 0xc0000005. In some cases, Defender failed so consistently that the service had to be restarted manually. A number of users even reinstalled Windows, believing the system was infected or irreparably damaged.
Administrators identified the problem when they could reliably reproduce the crash on multiple devices simply by launching a quick scan. This demonstrated that the fault originated in the defender software itself, which was effectively protecting Windows from its own scanning operations.
Microsoft confirmed the bug and resolved it in security intelligence update version 1.457.236.0. The correction is also present in all newer releases. Users are advised to run Windows Update and verify that the latest Defender definitions are installed, as they normally download automatically.
Manual updates can be checked in Windows Security under Virus & threat protection → Protection updates. The latest version and manual installation packages are also available on the official Microsoft page. Reinstalling the operating system is not required; updating Defender is sufficient.
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