I have a Win10 laptop (ex 8.1) and a while back I activated the Windows Defender antivirus as I'd read a few reviews (here and elsewhere) saying it's as good as if not better than other free a/v products.
All was fine until a recent Win10 update (Creators' edition). The issue I have now may or may not be connected to that but it did start shortly afterwards, hence the mention.
Every few minutes I get a Windows notification (and the associated pling) telling me that threats have been found. I open the notification panel, click on one of the notifications; this opens the Windows Defender Security Center which tells me "0 threats found" , and x files scanned. x varies from a few thousand to tens of thousands.
Just to be on the safe side I ran a couple of scans with Malwarebytes and I even tried another malware program called Zemana after seeing it mentioned on a MS forum. Neither found any threats.
I've done a search and although others appear to have had similar problems, none of the solutions helped me.
I've tried switching off notifications in Windows, still getting the regular plings. Thing is, there isn't an obvious way to deactivate Defender.
I have lived with it for over a fortnight now in the hope an update might come along and miraculously fix it but alas, no.
Any ideas?
TIA.
All was fine until a recent Win10 update (Creators' edition). The issue I have now may or may not be connected to that but it did start shortly afterwards, hence the mention.
Every few minutes I get a Windows notification (and the associated pling) telling me that threats have been found. I open the notification panel, click on one of the notifications; this opens the Windows Defender Security Center which tells me "0 threats found" , and x files scanned. x varies from a few thousand to tens of thousands.
Just to be on the safe side I ran a couple of scans with Malwarebytes and I even tried another malware program called Zemana after seeing it mentioned on a MS forum. Neither found any threats.
I've done a search and although others appear to have had similar problems, none of the solutions helped me.
I've tried switching off notifications in Windows, still getting the regular plings. Thing is, there isn't an obvious way to deactivate Defender.
I have lived with it for over a fortnight now in the hope an update might come along and miraculously fix it but alas, no.
Any ideas?
TIA.