Antimalware Service Executable using very much memory

Anonymous
2023-09-13T14:44:00+00:00

Antimalware Service Executable using very much memory and CPU. I tried several method like adding MsMpEng.exe in exclusion list and from task managerschedule unchecking run with higest privileges and unchecking every option in conditions in Windows Defender Scheduled Scan but none of them solved the problem.My Laptop is already low end and now Antimalware service executable is using more memory an cpu and making my laptop more slow.

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System Information-

Laptop Model - Lenovo 80TL V110-15ISK

System Type - x64

Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6006U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1992 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date - LENOVO 1KCN51WW, 03-06-20

RAM - 4 GB (3.80 GB usable)

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Kapil Arya 36,441 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-13T16:18:02+00:00

    Hello,

    See if this video fix helps you:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1IslvxO6J0

    Let us know if this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-13T16:47:53+00:00

    It did not helped. I disabled all 4 options in taskschd.msc and even turned off real time protection off, but antimalware service executable is still using and even it is increased, now it is using 174 mb memory and cpu even goes to 13%.

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