![Today, I noticed my PC running "Antimalware Service Executable" as a background process. All day, my CPU has gone from idling at about 3%, to then suddenly spiking up to 100% usage. Today, I noticed my PC running "Antimalware Service Executable" as a background process. All day, my CPU has gone from idling at about 3%, to then suddenly spiking up to 100% usage.](https://preview.redd.it/ef3u4n7zy4461.png?auto=webp&s=e5a7d08638f2b9becc99d23668c74145ac5653da)
Today, I noticed my PC running "Antimalware Service Executable" as a background process. All day, my CPU has gone from idling at about 3%, to then suddenly spiking up to 100% usage.
![Antimalware Service Executable eating up my resources worse and worse even after disabling Windows Defender : r/Windows10 Antimalware Service Executable eating up my resources worse and worse even after disabling Windows Defender : r/Windows10](https://i.imgur.com/ewUwkKO.png)
Antimalware Service Executable eating up my resources worse and worse even after disabling Windows Defender : r/Windows10
![How To Fix Antimalware Service Executable High Memory / CPU Usage Problem Windows 10 | Quick Way : r/usefulvids How To Fix Antimalware Service Executable High Memory / CPU Usage Problem Windows 10 | Quick Way : r/usefulvids](https://external-preview.redd.it/how-to-fix-antimalware-service-executable-high-memory-cpu-v0-r7hnrw04mZdpXhm_gwlIL8rKAXlCBslp1g4EA6e9x-4.jpg?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da98e7a68e639f9927765365df2295b813534eed)
How To Fix Antimalware Service Executable High Memory / CPU Usage Problem Windows 10 | Quick Way : r/usefulvids
![Defender/antimalware service executable seems to be ignoring any policy - High CPU usage and wrong scan times : r/sysadmin Defender/antimalware service executable seems to be ignoring any policy - High CPU usage and wrong scan times : r/sysadmin](https://i.imgur.com/yK5SvBR.jpg)