"7:07" (fanbrain001)
04/08/2020 at 14:07 • Filed to: damitol
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"7:07" (fanbrain001)
04/08/2020 at 14:07 • Filed to: damitol | 0
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SO - l ately my main desktop PC decides to run its antivirus scan (Windows Defender) when I start using it in the morning, or sometimes after I have been using it for an hour or so. The thing is, it is on 24/7 and can run scans during the evening or one of the other ~12 hours I’m not using it. Why does it decide to scan right after I start using it? It’s a pretty fast machine (SSD, i7, 16GB RAM) but it’s unusable during the scan.
Is there a way to disable scans while the computer is being used, or to schedule them for the early morning or something?
Honda e for your time.
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> 7:07
04/08/2020 at 14:23 |
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I haven’t experienced what you’re seeing but here are a couple tips.
Adjusting Defender’s scan schedule is not the easiest thing, I don’t believe there’s a builtin GUI for it. If you’re not thrown by some Group Policy editing, here you go.
You can also use the task scheduler but I don’t think this will change how the basic functionality of Defender is scanning whenever it wants.
Good luck!
Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
> 7:07
04/08/2020 at 14:41 |
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Does changing the hours you set windows for active use influence this behavior at all? I know I changed mine from the normal “work day time” that was default to it being active in the evening and I have never run into this issue.
Jason Spears
> 7:07
04/08/2020 at 14:43 |
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I have an i5 / SSD / 8GB system that’s a few years old, and ESET scans don’t bother me during gaming or anything else . I would guess either something is amiss with your system performance, or Defender is doing something sub-optimal.