Win10 steps to set up Windows Defender plan scan

Win10 comes with Windows Defender, the default anti-virus software. This is a good thing, but if you think about catching up with the computer at high speed during scanning, there is inevitably a conflict between the two. In fact, we can set up a scheduled scan of Windows Defender, how to set it up?

Open the "Local Group Policy Editor" (the method to start the Group Policy Editor under Win10), and then navigate to "Computer Configuration & ndash; Administrative Templates & ndash; Windows" in the left navigation pane. Component – Windows Defender – Scan & rdquo;. Figure:

then scroll down the list in the right window to the bottom most, you can see a scan with Windows Defender program related to a series of options.

1. Specify the time interval for running a quick scan every day

Double-click the configuration item to open the configuration window. Figure:

& ldquo; Help & rdquo; explained in detail in this configuration item:

This policy setting, you can perform a quick scan of the specified time interval. The time value is expressed in hours between two quick scans. Valid values ​​range from 1 (hourly) to 24 (once a day). If set to 0, the interval interval fast scan will not be performed. This setting is set to 0 by default.

If you enable this setting, quick scans run at specified intervals.

If this setting is disabled or not configured, a quick scan is run at the default time.

The default is "Unconfigured", that is, only the quick scan will be run at the default time, and the default time is in the following "5. Specify the time to run the fast scan every day"; of.

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