Speeding Up Windows Defender Scan on Windows 10 Home 64bit


  1. AMDMan2016
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    Windows 10 Pro 64bit 20H2 19042.844
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    Speeding Up Windows Defender Scan on Windows 10 Home 64bit


    Is it Possible to speed up Windows Defender Full Scan? Avast Scans fast on my 8 Core system, and yet Windows Defender takes 3-4 hours minimum on my 8 Core System, with 2tb hard drive, Longer if external drives are connected

    Should I just deal with it til I do my clean install prior to Anniversary update later this summer?
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  3. Vince Massi
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    Windows 10
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    It takes about four hours for Defender to do a deep scan on my three partitions.
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  4. AMDMan2016
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    Windows 10 Pro 64bit 20H2 19042.844
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    So About normal then, so guess if I choose to use it fully, will just have to live with it
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  6. gijoetech1
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    Exacly lol
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