Windows Defender Scan Schedule?

Don't know if this is just me or not, but:

For the last month or so WD regularly hits me with the Yellow Warning Triangle to SCAN NOW. Sometimes twice a day. Sometimes days between these events. I don't know enough to be able to find the date/time of it's last scan. Not even sure if this history is what it should be:



Is this to be considered normal behavior? I would think it should scan autonomously without me having to run it manually.

I appreciate your comments, Thanks.

Thanks for the response. OK, just looked and there is no box for WD. The closest I have is "Windows Log Files" and it is checked. Is that maybe the one you reference?

Porthos said:

If you use ccleaner be sure to uncheck the Defender box. It causes Defender to think it has not done a scan.

Eagle51 said:

WD is located in Cleaner > Applications > Utilities

My CCleaner Free doesn't have a Defender Box OR Cleaner>Applications>Utilities.

What am I missing here???

AH. That would explain it. Thanks...