Microsoft Safety Scanner Strange Results

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Master of My Domain

I ran Microsoft Safety Scanner's full scan on my Windows 10 PC. It ran for over seven days. It scanned over 25,000,000 files! (Didn't know there were that many on my machine.) While it was running it identified 42 infected files. However, when it finally finished the results screen said "no viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software were detected." What???Several issues here:Most importantly, how is it possible that files were flagged as infected while the app was running but none were reportedly detected when the app finished?The app ran for over seven days. During that time, i

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