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Limit Windows Defender CPU Usage
I have the problem that our Clients use too much CPU during a FullScan. Actually, the usage is limited to 20%, but the setting seems to have no effect. Whether I set it via Configuration Manager or G...
MAlv68 I had a ticket open with Microsoft support for months about this but didn't get anywhere. The one useful comment was that a manually run scan will ignore any CPU limits like ScanAvgCPULoadFactor.
Thanks Andrew! I was wondering about "manual" scans vs. "Scheduled" scans. I appreciate your information. Seems kind of strange that there would be a difference but I understand it. Thanks again!
- I've posted a change to the Microsoft Docs on this, hopefully they will confirm whether the Microsoft Support Expert was right. Very hard to test changes against scheduled full scans though.