Windows 10: How to kill the Antimalware Service Executable on Windows 10?

I have tried methods of disabling the software using the registry editor and even using command prompt. But those methods are of no use. They were unable to kill the above mentioned service. I already have an antivirus software installed. I would not bother about the working of this antimalware service executable. But there are memory leaks due to this service. I have reported this issue to the Feedback hub of microsoft. But they don't respond. I have reported 3-4 times. If someone has solution on how to kill this process please help me.

I need to restart my laptop to reduce memory usage of the service. It even takes around 800MB of my RAM sometimes. So, Please help me with this.

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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
10

Hope it helps. Get back to us for further assistance on this issue. We will be happy to help you.

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How to kill "Antimalware Service Executable"

Hello,

Thank you for your reply. I already tried doing that and disabling Real Time protection, but the "Antimalware Service Executable" task in Task Manager still appears and takes up a small percentage of my CPU when I'm doing things such as installing new software
or modifying files. I understand that this is part of Windows, but in Windows 7 you had the option to turn off Windows Defender in Services.mcs and prevent it from starting Antimalware Service Executable. I guess this is not an option with Windows 10?

I do not see why Antimalware Service Executable starts even though Windows Defender is disabled. It doesn't make any sense.

Anyways, what I did so far was I changed permissions for and deleted C:\Program Files\Windows Defender. While this solves the problem temporarily, Windows Update always places Windows Defender back.

 

Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable

Is the Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable, malware?

My new DELL XPS13 running Windows 10 almost completely locks me out from time to time, when running the Antimalware Service. The task cannot be killed. You take a break, go for a coffee, return to the machine, and AMS has it locked. Plus, it heats up
the machine to the max and forces the fan to crank up where it is audible and you wonder what is going on.

Assuming AMS is not malware, is there a way to tune it? To throttle it back a bit.

Help. - David