FIX: Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage (MsMpEng.exe) Problem in Windows 10

Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage (MsMpEng.exe) Problem in Windows 10

In this article, learn how to kill Antimalware Service Executable (MsMpEng.exe) in Windows 10.

If your systems got hanged or getting slow, you need to open Windows Task Manager to detect which one of our computer’s running program is responsible for that issue. Then you located it’s some “Antimalware Service Executable” program is the one who’s responsible for creating lag on your computer system by taking that much high amount of CPU or maybe Disk Usage. From the Processes tab in Task Manager, the process is named Antimalware Service Executable. Go to the Details tab, its file name is MsMpEng.exe.

Antimalware Service Executable High CPU Usage (MsMpEng.exe) Problem in Windows 10
Antimalware Service Executable high CPU usage (MsMpEng.exe) issue

So, let me explain first What Is Antimalware Service Executable?

Antimalware Service Executable is basically a part of Windows Defender which is a great antivirus software which helps your operating system to protect against spam pop-ups; security threats caused by spyware or some other kinds of malware too; slow performance. Because Windows Defender provides a Real-Time Protection feature and that’s the basic reason for this problem for creating that much system usage. If you need to use Bluetooth, it will begin consuming CPU and if you need to use a flash drive, it will again start hogging up CPU. Hence, this tutorial will show you four handy methods to get rid of this problem.

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