Windows 10: Win Defender fills up hdd's

HiSo recently, i've encountered some issues with windows defender on several PC'sThe pc's are running a mix of 2016LTSC, and 2021LTSBBoth experience, that \Windows Defender\Scans fills up with 75gb+ up until the drive runs completely out of space.On average, another 1gb is added each day.Disk cleanup doesn't do anything. It only sees some 8mb on win defenderNot possible to boot in safe mode, as I don't have physical access to any of the PC'sAny suggestions to what can be done.Haven't seen this issue before

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Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

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win 10 defender issues

Hi,

Windows Defender helps in making your computer secure from any viruses or malware. Listed below are some reasons why the program will not work properly:

• Software conflicts (usually cause with other anti-virus application)
• Virus and malware infection
• Corrupted system files

To help you with the issue, we suggest following the steps provided by
PrashantKumar96 on this thread
that can help in running your Windows Defender successfully.

Let us know if you have other concerns.