Windows 10: Antimalware service executable CPU usage

Discus and support Antimalware service executable CPU usage in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Just updated and Antimalware service executable is now taking up over 30% of my CPU. I hadn't even seen this program on my task manager prior to this I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Brian Donohue, Mar 8, 2023.

  1. BRIAN DONOHUE
    Brian Donohue Win User

    Antimalware service executable CPU usage


    Just updated and Antimalware service executable is now taking up over 30% of my CPU. I hadn't even seen this program on my task manager prior to this I keep task manager open every day and now it's at the top of my CPU usage and it won't go away. I tried putting it into exclusions, I even turned off windows defender, it is still there no matter what I do. It's making games and other programs unusable because it's eating up so much CPU.

    :)
     
    Brian Donohue, Mar 8, 2023
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  2. TODD HAEHN
    Todd Haehn Win User

    Antimalware Service Executable High CPU

    I am experiencing high CPU usage on the Antimalware Service Executable on my Surface Pro i7 1 tb (2017). This has been going on for a couple of months. It makes my computer almost unusable. The CPU sits at 100% any time I try to use it. The CPU has
    over 50% usage when nothing is being run in the foreground all the time (24 hours a day). The April update was just installed and the Antimalware Service Executable is still running at over 40% of the CPU utilization.
     
    Todd Haehn, Mar 8, 2023
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  3. MAARIJ_2016
    Maarij_2016 Win User
    Antimalware Service Executable problem

    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, Mar 8, 2023
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  4. JOHN ALD
    John Ald Win User

    Antimalware service executable CPU usage

    Antimalware Service Executable and Excessive CPU Usage

    Thank you for a response. My previous post to the forum ended as a discussion of various AV software options and didn't address the issue of excessive CPU usage by Antimalware Service Executable. That is my current concern and the reason I started with a
    fresh question to the forum. At this point I consider them separate questions with separate threads.

    John
     
    John Ald, Mar 8, 2023
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