how to cancel windows defender automatic scans?

[QUOTE=philc43;696495 It is possible to have real time protection always on but only perform a full scan by manual triggering it from the WD control panel. .[/QUOTE]

How to do that ?

I tried WD > Settings > can't find an option to do what you suggested.

davidhk said:

How to do that ?

I tried WD > Settings > can't find an option to do what you suggested.

Scroll to the bottom of the WD > Settings page and you can then select Open Windows Defender. You can then run a manual scan from the app. In my earlier post I explained that the automatic scanning is triggered via the Task Scheduler and that is where you turn it off or adjust the way it is triggered. As I said I have no problem with the automatic scanning - it performs unobtrusively in the background and usually only when the system is idle.

philc43 said:

Scroll to the bottom of the WD > Settings page and you can then select Open Windows Defender. You can then run a manual scan from the app. In my earlier post I explained that the automatic scanning is triggered via the Task Scheduler and that is where you turn it off or adjust the way it is triggered. As I said I have no problem with the automatic scanning - it performs unobtrusively in the background and usually only when the system is idle.

I missed the part about Task Scheduler in your earlier post.
I thought it could be done another way.
Thank you anyway.

It re-enables itself after a windows update, keep that in mind..

zebal said:

I have this problem from another thread here, what I did is disabling the task but WD will re-enable again.

I also tried deleting it but WD will add it again.
Anyone knows how to get rid of the task for good?

No, i haven't - replace it with Avast free.
- on installation un-tick everything except for "File Shield" and "Behaviour Shield"
- ignore and skip all the other suggestions that appear during install.