Remove the mouse over effect on a ListView in WPF

For me it worked well, like this:

<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
  <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
    <Style.Triggers>
      <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent" />
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0" />
      </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
  </Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>

EDIT:

The only way I could get this to work was to redefine the ListViewItem ControlTemplate. Give the code below a try and see if it resolves your issue:

ListViewItem Style:

<Style x:Key="LvItemStyle" TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
            <Border x:Name="border" Background="Transparent">
                <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                    <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                        <VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
                        <VisualState x:Name="Disabled" />
                    </VisualStateGroup>
                    <VisualStateGroup x:Name="SelectionStates">
                        <VisualState x:Name="Unselected" />
                        <VisualState x:Name="Selected">
                            <Storyboard>
                                <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="border"
                                                              Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Panel.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
                                    <EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="LightBlue" />
                                </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                            </Storyboard>
                        </VisualState>
                        <VisualState x:Name="SelectedUnfocused">
                            <Storyboard>
                                <ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="border"
                                                              Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Panel.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
                                    <EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="SkyBlue" />
                                </ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                            </Storyboard>
                        </VisualState>
                    </VisualStateGroup>
                </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                <ContentPresenter/>
            </Border>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter.Value>
</Setter>

ListView:

    <Grid Background="DarkGray">
    <ListView Grid.Row="1"
          Margin="10"                  
          HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
          ItemsSource="{Binding MyItems}"
          ItemTemplate="{StaticResource LvDataTemplate}"
          ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource LvItemStyle}"
          ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False"
          ScrollViewer.PanningMode="VerticalOnly"
          ScrollViewer.PanningRatio="0.5">
    </ListView>
</Grid>

I have hardcoded the colors for the Selected VisualStates for demonstration purposes. Ideally you would get these from a resource file.