You can tell Defender to not scan certain directories. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-4

You can tell Defender to not scan certain directories. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion...: