kind panther
Hello,
I am experiencing sudden CPU usage spikes. I am fairly certain it is Antimalware Service Executable, which goes to 80-100% for a second or two and then stops being as high.
It wasn't happening like a week ago.
Anyway to diagnose what it's scanning?
I can't seem to find any correlation between other tasks that I am doing in the moment this happens.
Thanks
rich portal
Hello,
I am experiencing sudden CPU usage spikes. I am fairly certain it is `Ant...
that, i believe, means its doing a quick deep scan for viruses. A couple things you can do is make sure its up to date as well as look at the scan schedule
kind panther
that, i believe, means its doing a quick deep scan for viruses. A couple things ...
Scan schedule? Where?
In Task Scheduler - \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender?
Quick deep scan doesn't sound right. As I said it lasts a second, just one big spike on a graph.
I don't remember this happening until now.
rich portal
Scan schedule? Where?
In Task Scheduler - `\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender`?
yeah, let me have a little more of a look into it, i mightve misread what it is wrong
kind panther
I don't mean to be rude, but this is not helpful. This is some copy paste for users with low-end hardware.
I am trying to solve weird bahviour that wasn't happening in the past.
rich portal
Sorry, this is what came up for me when I was looking at resolutions for random CPU spikes. I'll have another look and see if I can find other people having the exact same issue
It could be real time scanning, it usually does a very quick scan of a file when its accessed
It might be worth turning that option off and seeing if the spikes stop.
I meant to ask, how frequently do the spikes happen?
kind panther
It might be worth turning that option off and seeing if the spikes stop.
I mean...
Like 3 to 8 times a day (8h)?
I will try to count them and be more observent.
rich portal
In that case it may be the real time scanning. Try that and see if the spikes stop
kind panther
It finally happened again
