Microsoft fixes Defender bug that could fill your hard drive with thousands of files: so you can see if you're affected

A Windows Defender bug has been fixed in the latest update to Microsoft's defense system. A problem that had led to complaints from users when they saw how Defender created thousands of small files that took up the storage on our PC's hard drive.

An error originated with version 1.1.18100.5 of Windows Defender and that could collapse the computer's hard drive, generating thousands of files with sizes ranging from 600 bytes to 1 KB.A bug that has been fixed with version 1.1.18100.6 of the application.

Occupying several gigabytes of hard disk

All files that Windows Defender generated were stored in the path C: \ ProgramData \ Microsoft \ Windows Defender \ Scans \ History \ StoreThis folder was filled with thousands of files with names that appear to be MD5 hashes. In fact, despite the small size, users have been quick to complain.

Opinion forums like Reddit or Microsoft's own forums were the place to express complaints. In fact, some users have come to talk about a space occupied on the hard drive that reached several gigabytes.

In computers that are tighter in capacity, especially those with smaller SSD drives, this excess could be a problem.A bug that after being reported by Deskmodder, has been fixed in the latest Windows Defender engine, in version 1.1.18100.6.

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If you want to check if you are affected by this problem, you can do so using File Explorer and the tab View checking that Hidden Items are allowed."

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Then in the address bar you must write the path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft and click on Windows Defender. Then click Continue>Scans\History\Scans."

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If in your case you still have doubts about the version of Windows Defender you are using, you can check it by entering Settings>Security, clicking on About If you want to download the patch you can do it in the path Settings, Updates and security and within Windows Update and clicking onSearch for updates"

Via | Windows Latest