Defender update frequency normal?

abuela101 · 27 Aug 2018

Eagle51 said:

To disable the WD Verification Task, just right click on it and disable :)

Is this the one that needs to be disabled?

Eagle51 · 27 Aug 2018

Is this the one that needs to be disabled?

Yep

abuela101 · 27 Aug 2018

Eagle51 said:

Yep

GREAT! Thank you very much Eagle51!

Mcd73165 · 06 Sep 2018

Mcd73165 said:

Hi, Eagle51. I did make another reply but maybe it was to a different thread. Anyhow there have been no Windows Module Installer SR points and have found no issues with the disabling of the WD verification task. Good luck with this workaround to everyone and thanks again Eagle51 for originally pointing me in the direction of the cause of the issue.
Mark

@Eagle51: This is just another update confirming that there have been no Windows Module Installer SR points created for about a month now since disabling the WD Verification task. Still waiting for a WD platform update to happen to see if MS took care of this issue.

Wiley Coyote · 06 Sep 2018

There's more to this than just some accidental error in a line of code somewhere. MS has done this for some purpose, so it's unlikely they're going to "fix" it. I'm just glad someone figured out how to turn it off, at least for the time being. We'll see ...

Stitch194 · 06 Sep 2018

Clayton I certainly have to agree with you. MS are performing "Windows Modules Installer" verification... on a daily basis for reasons unknown to the average users. I don't understand users why users want to disable Defender AV features. If System Restore is hogging your HD you can reconfigure the dedicated disk space reserved for Restore.

AMDMan2016 · 06 Sep 2018

Well for myself I almost switched back to Avast Free on all systems due to this, as one with SSD Drives in Main Desktop/Laptop can't have too many extra writes to the drives, so debating if I should stick to Defender or not at this point. Right now have so far, but check my ssd usage or life span daily with the Western Digital SSD Dashboard.

Maybe with Modern SSD drives I have nothing to worry on, but still do somewhat lol. So far still using Defender, if I can keep it like that--and I don't go with temptation to resume using Avast Free might finally be doing good lol

But do have Avast Free setup file downloaded just in case

Mcd73165 · 07 Sep 2018

Wiley Coyote said:

There's more to this than just some accidental error in a line of code somewhere. MS has done this for some purpose, so it's unlikely they're going to "fix" it. I'm just glad someone figured out how to turn it off, at least for the time being. We'll see ...

With respect, I don't see any purpose of daily restore points created for definition updates. If there is a reason then I wish that MS would share it with us.

bumboola · 25 Sep 2018

Windows Defender Antivirus antimalware platform - KB4052623 (Version 4.18.1809.2) installed for me tonight and it re-enabled the verification scan. I am going to keep it enabled for now to see if this update solves the problem, if not I will disable it again.

dekeforty · 25 Sep 2018

Installed KB4052623 this morning and the WD Verification Scan is still disabled. Running the same system as bumboola. Go figure.