Windows 10: Antimalware service executable using up to 6 GB of RAM

Two days ago I started noticing slowdowns when playing games and using other programs in the background and experienced a lot of crashes due to RAM just filling up. When i looked in the Task Manager i noticed that the Antimalware service executable was using up to 6 GB of RAM on any given moment, sometimes less, but not less than 2.5GB. It was also sporadic. I would restart my PC and all would be fine for a few hours and then it just started eating up RAM again.


When looking into the problem i noticed I was not alone in this but all the suggestions I read and applied were not doing anything.


I tried putting an exclusion for MsMpEng.exe, it did nothing.

I tried the Task Scheduler tip that i read on the support forums. It did nothing.

I tried editing the registry with a tip i read on the support forum. It did nothing.


I really need help with this because it's not only tampering with my games, but with my work also seeing as we are all in a similar situation worldwide and having 98% of my ram taken up is a tad bit annoying.

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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.

 

Antimalware Service Executable problem

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?

 

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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