Resolved W10 defeder wants to scan my system every time

W10 defender wants to scan my system every time i log on.

If i log on 5 times in a day, defender wants do do a scan. It does not
matter if i go to the internet or not, still wants to scan.

Is this normal opns? Defender never finds anything wrong.

thanks,
clif

 

Hi clif, this is where you make the schedules to suit your computer use. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...cdfb6f185/schedule-a-scan-in-windows-defender

 

retiredlearne, Thanks!
finally worked my way through it.

appreciate it!
clif

 

It is definitely not normal. I am glad you sorted it out but note you should not have to mess with Task Scheduler either. I note this problem often occurs if you have a program like CCleaner and you changed CCleaner to run with Windows and delete logs each time. If WD does not have a log showing when it was last scanned, it will assume no scan has been run and will assume a new scan is needed. In CCleaner, you can remove WD from cleaning by unchecking WD under the Cleaner > Applications tab.

Some anti-malware programs also purge systems of logs. Do you have any other security apps running besides WD?

 

Yes, I run ccleaner and atf cleaner almost daily. I suspect both of these cleans w10 logs..

Good info there, i didn't know the relationship, thanks..

clif