Windows 10: Antimalware taking absurd high memory and laptop becomes very hot

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  1. XINTONGCHEN
    XintongChen Win User

    Antimalware taking absurd high memory and laptop becomes very hot


    Hi Microsoft community,


    I realised my laptop has become very hot even when i am idling, and i checked and found that antimalware is taking very high memory.

    I have tried the most common three methods i found online but it doesnt seem to be working.


    1. I tried to turn off antimalware running at highest priority, but for some reasons i am not able to uncheck it.

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    I have also tried to add antimalware to the exclusion list of scanning, but I paste 'MsMpEng.exe' to look for the file, and it wasn't found.


    I am not sure how to solve the problem and I am not sure if it is the reason that my laptop has become very hot.

    any reply would be really appreciated.

    :)
     
    XintongChen, Nov 2, 2020
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  2. XDARKMARIO
    xdarkmario Win User

    antimalware service taking up too much resources

    lately i have noticed that microsofts antimalware service is taking up too much CPU and ram and makeing my laptop very hot (fans on high) and it stays like thata for the reminander of the usage until reboot on and off. itwas never like that before but it seems ti be doing this lately. and i have checked that windows defnder but it is not scanning so why is this doing that?
     
    xdarkmario, Nov 2, 2020
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  3. ISHAKSETIAWAN
    IshakSetiawan Win User
    High usage antimalware

    Dear Microsoft

    Antimalware service high usage cpu, so couse drain my laptop battery

    How I can solve this problem?

    for Info,

    All my file and data was remove to minimize the problem, but still high usage.
     
    IshakSetiawan, Nov 2, 2020
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  4. PHILOSOPHER
    philosopher Win User

    Antimalware taking absurd high memory and laptop becomes very hot

    Antimalware Service Executable taking up high CPU for several hours!

    No, it usually did not for me either, until today.

    Posting system specs is a little off-topic, because my problem is that even though I do this step:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...nder-antivirus

    - The Antimalware Service Executable still runs high. I have a pretty good CPU and this has never been a problem until today.

    My computer is neither new or old. It was installed 1½ years ago. I never had any problems until today.

    I did this step:

    That "note" is my problem... it still scans, and it is still scanning while I am writing this.

    I already set the Exclusions to the Windows Defender path. Did not work either.
     
    philosopher, Nov 2, 2020
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