How to Fix Antimalware Service Executable High Memory / CPU Usage on Windows 11

How to Fix Antimalware Service Executable High Memory / CPU Usage on Windows 11

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The Antimalware Service Executable process plays an important role in the Windows Defender antivirus that is native to Windows 11. This Antimalware Service Executable has been reported, at times, to be consuming far more than its fair share of CPU processing power, and can even impact your computer’s speed to a snail’s speed.

If you’re faced with this high CPU, Disk, or Memory usage issue, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the high CPU usage issue.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung, and Huawei.