Defender update frequency normal?

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  1. Posts : 42,734
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #11

    Note that System Restore is off by default after a build upgrade as I expect you know. Begs the question- did MS bother to test 1803 with SR on......??
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  2. Posts : 5,136
    Windows 10 Home 64bit
       #12

    Stitch194 said:
    I found that by temporarily disabling System Protection it deletes the "Windows Modules Installer" restore points. I have just deleted the daily (8) "Windows Modules Installer" restore points from Aug.01- Aug.8. Don't forget to re enable System Protection. Unfortunately this is only a work around, not a fix. It doesn't surprise me, but, MS have been silent on this recent System Protection changes.
    Confirmed and I agree.
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  3. Posts : 1,097
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 1809 (OS Build 17763.437)
       #13

    dalchina said:
    Note that System Restore is off by default after a build upgrade as I expect you know. Begs the question- did MS bother to test 1803 with SR on......??
    Funny but with both of these machines that has happened to me only once. It was the 2nd, or 3rd one of the updates last year. I still check after every update, but it's still on.
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  4. Posts : 430
    Windows 10 Pro
       #14

    Update: After disabling System Restore yesterday, the daily restore points "Windows Module Installer" were deleted. I just performed a manual check for updates, Defender Definitions downloaded and installed. To my delight, there was no entry for Windows Module Installer" restore point. I'll double check after the next reboot.
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  5. Posts : 1,097
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 1809 (OS Build 17763.437)
       #15

    Hmmm, My Defender updated twice today (first one manual & second automatic) and neither one has created a new Restore Point.
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  6. Posts : 56,806
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #16

    Defender Updates are not software to be installed/updated. They are just def files. Data. Nothing to "install" in that sense. The wording while they are being processed is a little misleading. Says "Installing", just like it would for anything under Check for Updates, but it's actually "applying". Data, not software.
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  7. Posts : 5,136
    Windows 10 Home 64bit
       #17

    Wiley Coyote said:
    Hmmm, My Defender updated twice today (first one manual & second automatic) and neither one has created a new Restore Point.
    I turned system restore back on this afternoon. Defender updated early this morning and again this afternoon. Windows Modules Installer did create a new restore point.
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  8. Posts : 1,471
    Win10 Home x64 - 1809
       #18

    This must be new, only started for me a couple days ago ... I have system restore on and Windows Modules Installer is creating restore points. Looks like it's the Windows Defender Verification Task in Task Scheduler as Windows Modules Installer created a restore point today 8-8-2018 @ 5:58:11 PM EST ... which corresponds exactly to the last time Windows Defender Verification Task ran.

    Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender

    Update:
    Just checked my Desktop PC and and same thing ... Windows Modules Installer created a restore point today 8-8-2018 @ 6:38:10 PM which is the exact time Windows Defender Verification Task ran.
    Last edited by Eagle51; 08 Aug 2018 at 18:51.
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  9. Posts : 1,097
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 1809 (OS Build 17763.437)
       #19

    Yep, like @Eagle51 says. Mine did the same thing, 08/08/2018 16:34 CDT.
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  10. Posts : 430
    Windows 10 Pro
       #20

    Strange my PC didn't create a restore point today. Maybe that's because I did a manual update this AM?
    I just checked and there was an automatic definition update in the PM. No restore were points created today with either update. 1803 Win 10 Pro x64. The MSFT plot thickens.
    Defender update frequency normal?-capture.png
    Last edited by Stitch194; 08 Aug 2018 at 19:39.
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