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Via editing the registry (Windows 10 Home and Pro).

Via the Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro only).

There are actually three methods to enable network scanning in Windows Defender: That said, if these alerts are annoying you, they can quite easily be done away with. I use and recommend the excellent malware scanner that’s included with the portable and free Emsisoft Emergency Kit. I would also suggest utilizing a reputable third-party scanner as an alternative, at least until Microsoft fixes this silly discrepancy. Personally, I would tend to leave network scanning disabled and simply ignore the notification alerts. Strangely, in its comprehensive guide to configuring Windows Defender scan preferences, Microsoft does not recommend scanning network files, yet leaving network scanning disabled will continue displaying these notification alerts. The Cure: The solution then is to simply enable network scanning in Windows Defender which, thankfully, is a fairly straight forward process.

Why Microsoft decided to make this change is anyone’s guess, but the alerts appear to merely indicate that the scanning of network files has been skipped, as it obviously would be with this option disabled by default. However, in the latest Defender, network scanning is now disabled by default. The Cause: It seems that, in earlier versions of Windows Defender, network scanning was enabled by default. However, a German tech writer, Günter Born, has since discovered a likely scenario and simple fix. Until very recently it was unclear exactly what was causing this issue or what the solution might be. This notification alert, affecting Windows 10 only, is popping up following a Windows Defender scan and, over the past few weeks, has been widely reported by a substantial number of Windows 10 users. Windows 10’s built-in Windows Defender is failing to fully complete virus scans with a notification alert saying: ” Items skipped during scan – The Windows Defender Antivirus scan skipped an item due to exclusion or network scanning settings”.