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Disable Defender Antivirus scheduled tasks

Overview​

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.

These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.

This category contains scripts to disable maintenance tasks of Defender Antivirus.

Scheduled tasks are automated operations that Windows runs at specific times or events 1. Defender uses these tasks to maintain its antivirus service 2.

Disabling these tasks enhances privacy by:

  • Stopping automatic data collection
  • Giving you control over data collection and deletion

Disabling these tasks can also improve system performance by:

  • Reducing background processes
  • Decreasing boot time
  • Reducing resource usage
  • Saving disk space
Caution

Disabling these tasks may weaken your system's security by turning off antivirus features. Consider using alternative security measures.

Not Advised

This category should only be used by advanced users. None of its scripts are recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

Apply now​

These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.

Choose one of two ways to apply:

  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy​

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.

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It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.

privacy.sexy instructions
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable Defender Antivirus scheduled tasks.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

All​

This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

Download all scripts:

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Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:

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Explore further​

This category includes total of 4 scripts but no subcategories.

Explore its 4 scripts:

Disable Defender Antivirus cache maintenance task

This script disables the Defender Antivirus cache maintenance task scheduled task. Microsoft refers to this task as: Windows Defender Cache Maintenance • Periodic maintenance task This task is a Defender Antivirus component. The task is scheduled to periodically maintain the cache used by Defender Antivirus. Cache maintenance involves managing temporary files that Microsoft Defender is either scanning or has quarantined. Disabling this task prevents the system from automatically clearing the...

Disable Defender Antivirus cleanup task

This script disables the Defender Antivirus cleanup scheduled task. Microsoft refers to this task as: Windows Defender Cleanup • Periodic cleanup task This task is a Defender Antivirus component. It is used by Defender to remove unnecessary files, such as corrupted or quarantined items. Disabling this task may enhance your privacy by preserving potentially sensitive quarantined files for manual review and simplifying system activity monitoring. It may also improve system performance by preve...

Disable Defender Antivirus scheduled scan task

This script disables the Defender Antivirus scheduled scan scheduled task. Microsoft refers to this task as: Windows Defender Scheduled Scan • Periodic scan task This task is a component of Defender Antivirus. It performs automatic regular antivirus scans. Disabling this task may enhance your privacy by giving you more control over when and how often your system is scanned. It may also improve system performance by reducing background processes. However, regular scans are a key part of maint...

Disable Defender Antivirus verification task

This script disables the Defender Antivirus verification scheduled task. Microsoft refers to this task as: Windows Defender Verification • Periodic verification task This task is a Defender Antivirus component. It checks for issues with Defender, such as update problems or system file errors. It is also linked to the creation of daily system restore points. Disabling this task may improve privacy by reducing the system state data stored on the device. It may also boost system performance by ...

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Disable Defender Antivirus category. This category provides scripts to disable Defender Antivirus. Defender Antivirus, integrated into Windows, provides protection against viruses, ransomware, and other types of malware. Disabling Defender Antivirus may improve system performance and privacy by stopping related data collection... Read more on category page ▶

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