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Antimalware Service Executable High Memory Usage

Anonymous
2022-04-05T13:53:42+00:00

Hello, so i saw at a task manager that Antimalware Service Executable is using 40%-50% of my RAM. I have watched many tutorials but it didnt help me. I hope you could help me sort this out.

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Asentrixas

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T18:36:04+00:00

    Hi Asentrixas,

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    Okay, then it is still using too much RAM, how much RAM do you have on your PC?

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    Click you Start Button, then just type winver and press Enter, please provide a screenshot of the resulting dialog.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T18:33:26+00:00

    No, there arent downloads running or updating windows.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T18:25:30+00:00

    Hi Asentrixas

    It depends, are there a lot of files being changed on your PC, for example, is there any downloads running or a Windows update being downloaded?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T18:17:36+00:00

    This kinda worked but it kinda went from 45% to 25%. Is that normal?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T14:25:58+00:00

    Hi Asentrixas

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Sometimes Defender can get into a loop causing this problem, open Defender, then find the option to perform an offline scan, and start that.

    Your PC will restart and perform that scan, that should hopefully settle down that Anti-Malware process.

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