Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

I know many of you would be facing a high time speeding up your computer processing tasks.You finally end up nowhere other than the control panel or windows task manager. But you don’t need to worry much as I am giving you the top notch for the high cpu usage problem.

Why does it take high CPU usage on my computer??

Antimalware service executable is the process of executing the MsMpEng.exe file.It is an inbuilt software which keeps scanning our system and checks for any sort of viruses,spyware,Trojans etc. As it performs the scanning operation round the clock,it leads to high CPU usage and makes our system slow.All the processes gets slowed down due to low RAM availability.Therefore it must be checked and stopped if it slows down our system’s performance.

Top 5 fixes to kill the Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable

Change the Windows 10 defender’s schedule

Now you know the root cause of the problem why your system is performing slow.Simply change the schedule of the Defender which can be done manually as shown below. Step 1: Go to the Windows Run commander and enter the “taskschd.msc” command. Click ok to open it. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 2:Now the task scheduler gets opened. Go to the windows Defender’s folder.Expand the folders to find the Defender’s Sub-folders as shown. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 3: When you get into the windows Defender’s folder find the operation named “Windows Defender Scheduled Scan”. Click on it and make it highlight.You can see the properties option from the right side menu. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 4: After clicking on the properties option, a pop up window will appear as shown.Go to the conditions tab and just uncheck all. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

I hope you are able to sort out your problem with this fix and if not I can tell you the 2^nd best method.

By making changes in the Defender’s settings

Step 1: Open the task manager and go to the details tab.Find the program file MsMpEng.exe. Right click on that process and select open file location as shown. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 2: When the directory gets opened,Right click on the address bar.Copy that root directory path. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 3: Open the Windows Defender from the control panel as shown. Enter the path in the windows Defender to skip that location during the scan process. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

Step 4 : Go to the settings tab in the defender’s window. Select the option excluded files. Paste the earlier copied directory root path into the box.Click on ADD button and then click on save changes.You need to restart your computer to make those changes into effect. Quick Fix for Windows 10 Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage

If you still find your system processes slow,you may further try the next Fix

Disable the Defender by regedit

Open the Run commander by pressing the Win+R key.Enter the command regedit and click ok to open windows registry editor.Open the path for Windows Defender which is as shown. Here’s the path you will have to follow to open Windows Defender: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Right click on the blank space and select new.Click on “create DWORD key”. Make your new key as “DisableAntiSpyware”.Double click on your new key and set the value to 1.This will permanently disable the Windows Defender.

By installing registry cleaner softwares

I have gone through these System slow running situations many times and it really stucks up while carrying your important tasks.I personally use registry cleaner softwares and it really helps in improving your system’s performance.

I would recommend the 4 best Free Registry cleaner softwares as :

1)CCleaner

2)Wise Registry Cleaner

3)Auslogics Registry Cleaner

4)Registry Repair

By Updating Windows

It is one of the best way to fix up the errors,viruses,malwares or trojans etc.The updated windows will make changes or delete the corrupted files which in turn will speed up your system’s performance.

Now the problem has solved of system processing at slow speed.

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