diff --git a/prowler/lib/check/check.py b/prowler/lib/check/check.py
index 7f29a73a..893ce0d2 100644
--- a/prowler/lib/check/check.py
+++ b/prowler/lib/check/check.py
@@ -356,14 +356,20 @@ def execute_checks(
         audit_progress=0,
     )
 
-    if not sys.platform.startswith("win32") or not sys.platform.startswith("cygwin"):
-        from resource import RLIMIT_NOFILE, getrlimit
+    if os.name != "nt":
+        try:
+            from resource import RLIMIT_NOFILE, getrlimit
 
-        # Check ulimit for the maximum system open files
-        soft, _ = getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)
-        if soft < 4096:
-            logger.warning(
-                f"Your session file descriptors limit ({soft} open files) is below 4096. We recommend to increase it to avoid errors. Solve it running this command `ulimit -n 4096`. For more info visit https://docs.prowler.cloud/en/latest/troubleshooting/"
+            # Check ulimit for the maximum system open files
+            soft, _ = getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)
+            if soft < 4096:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Your session file descriptors limit ({soft} open files) is below 4096. We recommend to increase it to avoid errors. Solve it running this command `ulimit -n 4096`. For more info visit https://docs.prowler.cloud/en/latest/troubleshooting/"
+                )
+        except Exception as error:
+            logger.error("Unable to retrieve ulimit default settings")
+            logger.error(
+                f"{error.__class__.__name__}[{error.__traceback__.tb_lineno}]: {error}"
             )
 
     # Execution with the --only-logs flag