Windows Defender in sleep mode

New HP laptop with Vista installed. My Windows Defender is "on" and set to
scan at 2am each morning. However, there is no record of a previous scan.
Does Windows Defender scan while in sleep mode or do I need to change the
start time?

Any help appreciated

No. Your computer would have to be ON. No processes or services will run in
standby.
I sugest you change your can time.
"Ruby" <Ruby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> New HP laptop with Vista installed. My Windows Defender is "on" and set
> to
> scan at 2am each morning. However, there is no record of a previous scan.
> Does Windows Defender scan while in sleep mode or do I need to change the
> start time?
>
> Any help appreciated

Since this is a home computer not necessarily live at any particular time I
will need to manually scan from time to time. Thank you

"Smithsonian" wrote:

> No. Your computer would have to be ON. No processes or services will run in
> standby.
> I sugest you change your can time.
> "Ruby" <Ruby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5AAEC976-4FF7-4639-B02E-00AAD2511957@microsoft.com...
> > New HP laptop with Vista installed. My Windows Defender is "on" and set
> > to
> > scan at 2am each morning. However, there is no record of a previous scan.
> > Does Windows Defender scan while in sleep mode or do I need to change the
> > start time?
> >
> > Any help appreciated
>

Since this is a home computer not necessarily live at any particular time I
will need to manually scan from time to time. Thank you

"Smithsonian" wrote:

> No. Your computer would have to be ON. No processes or services will run in
> standby.
> I sugest you change your can time.
> "Ruby" <Ruby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5AAEC976-4FF7-4639-B02E-00AAD2511957@microsoft.com...
> > New HP laptop with Vista installed. My Windows Defender is "on" and set
> > to
> > scan at 2am each morning. However, there is no record of a previous scan.
> > Does Windows Defender scan while in sleep mode or do I need to change the
> > start time?
> >
> > Any help appreciated
>