[vezycash]

Yes it does.

Detailed Steps:

Open Computer Management

After disabling the Windows Update service in the Computer Management Console, click on the Recovery Tab. There, turn first three options to "Take No Action." Else, the service will reactivate itself after a while.

This way, you control when you want to update.

Note: If you use Defender, manually turn on the Update Service when you want to update the definitions.

[walterbell]

Thanks! Defender updates can be downloaded separately and installed as a standalone executable.