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The forum thread discusses frustrations with Windows Defender's automated scanning schedules causing high CPU usage and overheating, with the original poster seeking ways to disable these while retaining real-time protection. Response experts suggest that disabling scheduled scans isn't feasible as Defender tends to recreate them and recommend considering alternative paid antivirus solutions for lighter impact. Overall, participants advise trying different antivirus software to better suit the user's system performance needs.
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Blutarsky

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I can stand no more windoes defender automated schedules. My laptop CPU rockets to 70% for half and hour and the lappy gets boiling.
I have attempted to disable each entry in task scheduler however this will not stop defender to run randomly

How can I stop this?

PS - I want to keep real time protection
 

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Neemobeer
I don't believe you can. The service will generally recreate them. You could go to a paid AV such as Webroot that is king when it comes to the least amount of impact and has a very high success rate at detection, prevention and removal.
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Neemobeer

Neemobeer

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I don't believe you can. The service will generally recreate them. You could go to a paid AV such as Webroot that is king when it comes to the least amount of impact and has a very high success rate at detection, prevention and removal.
 

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And. Why on earth would you want to do
I understand your predicament - I think, but those updates are vital to protect you. Do you have an extremely slow connection or...?
 

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Jimbo22

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I concur with Neemobeer....try some different AV software and see how they work with your laptop. I'm currently testing the 30 day trial of Norton Security Deluxe and so far I like what it see. It's lite on the system (doesn't use a lot of system resources, runs quietly in the background and you can set it to your liking.
 

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