Windows 10: 2 Antimalware service executables

Discus and support 2 Antimalware service executables in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; After updating from windows 10 to windows 11, I am seeing 2 Antimalware service executables on my task manager which leads to usage of almost double... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by ArunNarasimhan1, Oct 18, 2021.

  1. 2 Antimalware service executables


    After updating from windows 10 to windows 11, I am seeing 2 Antimalware service executables on my task manager which leads to usage of almost double the memory used by one. But in windows 10, there used to be only one existing. How to rectify it?

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    ArunNarasimhan1, Oct 18, 2021
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    I am still having the problem even with the latest prerelease build. The Antimalware Service Executable process is often running and taking a lot of CPU, disk and memory. The same The Antimalware Service Executable -> Windows Defender Service ...
    Too often the PC (an I7 one, 8 GB EliteBook HP) is stuck and even the response of a keyboard entry is very slow!!

    Any suggestions?
     
    Enzo Contini, Oct 18, 2021
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    I was having the same issue like for weeks on my HP Probook Ci5 12GB, the Antimalware Service Executable process was eating up massive CPU, DISK and RAM. After all the hard time I got searching the solution I finally landed on

    this
    article which helped me.
     
    Maarij_2016, Oct 18, 2021
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    Antimalware Service Executable - How do I stop it completely?

    Hello Aniax,

    As you are facing issues with high performance usage by Antimalware Service Executable service on your device, we will help you with this issue.

    I would like to inform that Antimalware Service Executable is a part of Windows Essentials.

    I suggest you to refer to the below post and check if your issue matches with the same. If so, try the troubleshooting steps suggested by
    GreginMich replied on November 6, 2015 and check if it helps.

    How to stop Antimalware Service Executable from hogging cpu on Windows
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    Hope it helps. Get back to us for further assistance on this issue. We will be happy to help you.

    Thank you.
     
    Deepika Gowda, Oct 18, 2021
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