Windows 10: A full windows defender scan kills system I/O video and USB

Greetings,


As of about a week ago every time I run a full windows defender scan my system's I/O video and USB crash the rest of the PC seems to remain running. However as I have lost all I/O I have to hard power off the system. The only item in the Event View is the hard power cycle nothing around the lost of I/O.


Quick scans work fine, this only happens with a Full Scan option, I have wiped the system and reinstalled it 4 times only divers installed and used different HD setups, once the system is fully updated the issue reappears.


Windows 10 Pro version 1909 build 18363.836


Any thoughts out there ?


Thanks

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Hi Ian,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

This issue might occur if you have set any task scheduler for Windows Defender.

I suggest you to delete the task for Windows defender and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Search and open Schedule tasks.
  
• 
  In the left-hand menu, open the Task Scheduler Library, then select
  Microsoft >Windows >Windows Defender.
  
• 
  Double-click Windows Defender Scheduled Scan.
  
• 
  Select the Triggers panel, then select Delete.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

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