Windows 10: Antimalware service memory usage query

Discus and support Antimalware service memory usage query in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Antimalware service executable is constantly eating around 400mb of my 8gb ram. My CPU and disk usage is fine. I tried disabling windows defender scan... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/ameensj, Dec 24, 2020.

  1. Antimalware service memory usage query


    Antimalware service executable is constantly eating around 400mb of my 8gb ram. My CPU and disk usage is fine. I tried disabling windows defender scan schedules via task scheduler and also added antimalware service to windows defender exclusions. Didn't work. Is there any other way to reduce the memory usage or is this sort of memory loss normal? I would very much prefer to free up memory to boost the gaming performance of my device.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Antimalware service memory usage query :)

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    /u/ameensj, Dec 24, 2020
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  2. SarahKong Win User

    Antimalware Service Executable Constant Disk Usage

    Found a great article that will hopefully help you out.

    See the link for steps to resolve with screenshots.

    https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/antimalwar...
     
    SarahKong, Dec 24, 2020
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  3. 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, Dec 24, 2020
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  4. Infima Win User

    Antimalware service memory usage query

    Antimalware Service Executable very high disk usage

    For me, the Antimalware Service Executable still eats up my disk usage, but since the above suggestion made it so that it only happens while the machine is idle, that is okay for me. I haven't noticed any annoyance from it since.

    (Of course, if I had programs running while not on the machine that also needed a lot of disk operations, the solution would not have worked for me, since then Antimalware Service Executable would interfere with those programs.)

    If you are still experiencing problems, perhaps try disabling Antimalware Service Executable and the other service you mentioned (that I don't know) completely? Of course, that is assuming you can live with not having them.

    (I don't think there is a way to change how much disk operations the program needs, so when it runs, it'll always have high disk usage if your disk is quite slow)
     
    Infima, Dec 24, 2020
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