Microsoft Fixes Corrupted Home windows Defender Information When Utilizing SFC

Microsoft has launched a brand new Home windows Defender replace that fixes an points with SFC /scannow detecting corrupted Home windows Defender PowerShell information.

In July, a definition replace for Home windows Defender would trigger the SFC /scannow command to fail with error stating that “Home windows Useful resource Safety discovered corrupt information however was unable to repair a few of them.”.

It seems that these corrupt information had been equivalent to a hash mismatch for the Home windows Defender PowerShell information.

In a latest help bulletin replace, Microsoft has said that they’ve launched a brand new Home windows Defender replace and as of model four.eight.1908, this problem has been resolved.

“This problem is fastened within the model four.eight.1908 replace of Home windows Defender. After this replace is utilized, PowerShell information which might be a part of the Home windows picture aren’t modified, and the SFC software now not flags these information. Web-connected computer systems that subscribe to the Home windows Replace channel mechanically obtain and set up this replace.”

Based on quite a few customers at Wilders Safety Boards,  although, simply putting in the replace just isn’t sufficient.

Along with the brand new Home windows Defneder replace, customers can even must the run the next DISM instructions to ensure that the difficulty to be absolutely resolved:

DISM /On-line /Cleanup-Picture /CheckHealth
DISM /On-line /Cleanup-Picture /ScanHealth
DISM /On-line /Cleanup-Picture /RestoreHealth

When you had been beforehand having the difficulty with sfc /scannow, give this repair a try to let  us know if it really works.