Windows 10: High CPU usage because of Antimalware Service Executable

I don't know why but Antimalware Service Executable is using 80% if my CPU.


I did anything to try to stop it but it didn't work. Stopped the windows defender, adding the file to the exclusion list, even doing an full scan for any kind of malware but it seems i can't get anywhere with this. The only way i can make it stop for a little bit is the task manager, ending the process. I didn't have this problem until a few days ago. Maybe is something to do with the updates? I don't know. I tried to set the affinity to one core but it didn't work.

Looks like it needs to be resolved by an upcoming update or something. Thank you for your support


***Original title: Antimalware Service Executable***

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