Antimalware service executable virus

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Antimalware service executable virus

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I think I got a virus called antimalware service executable, I read someone else had it but it was old so I wanted to try here now. He could not delete and had the same problem as me, on task manager it will take up alot of resources for no reason and I can't stop it.

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Hi Attilio, thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today, I usually reply between 10:00 pm & 6:00 am EST(UTC -5) Monday to Sunday.

I understand the issue you have, there is nothing to worry I am here to help, the Antimalware service executable is part of Microsoft Security (Windows Defender) and it takes a lot of resources when it is scanning or there is a third-party service that may interrupt the process, in addition, it is not a virus, but there might be a virus that makes the Antimalware service executable goes high, in this case, we need to reconfigure the Windows defender by following the steps below:

Method 1. Repair Windows apps and Windows Defender:

On Powershell(admin), copy and paste the command below and hit enter:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

restart the PC and check

Method 2. Reinstall Windows Defender

Open the registry, then go to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Then delete the Windows Defender folder, restart the PC, and recheck it.

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Note: before doing this make sure to create a restore point: https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/402753...

go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...
Select Download Now, and select Run. You need to be an administrator to run this tool.
On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
On the What do you want to do? page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.
After downloading and installing, it should fix the issue.

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

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