What is antimalware service executable and how to end task
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In Windows 10 Task Manager we can find something called Antimalware Service Executable in the Processes section. It is a service that is constantly working on our Windows 10 computers, something that can be inconvenient in some cases.
What is Antimalware Service Executable
Antimalware Service Executable does not have a high consumption of resources most of the time so it should not affect the performance of the computer. However, you may notice that this service suddenly starts consuming more resources when the system is idle, for example, while you are reading something in the browser. This increased use of the system lasts for a short time and then returns to normal.
Antimalware Service Executable is related to Windows Defender, which runs constantly on Windows 10. This service remains passive until the user does something like download a file. At this point, it will scan the file for threats and then return to its idle state, until the system is in a sleep state. Windows Defender will use the downtime to run a routine scan for possible security threats on the system.
How to disable Antimalware Service Executable
If you disable Antimalware Service Executable from Task Manager, it simply starts again so it cannot be terminated in this way. To actually disable the process, you need to disable Windows Defender, which is not advisable unless you already have other antivirus software on your system.
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In the event that we already have an antivirus running, it may be interesting to disable Windows Defender to avoid unnecessary use of system resources. For this it is necessary to edit the system registry. To do this we just have to go to Start and run regedit.
Once the Windows 10 registry editor is open we look for the following entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows Defender
Once there we look for the entries DisableAntiSpyware and DisableAntiVirus, double click to edit them and set their value to 1. If only DisableAntiSpyware appears, set its value to 1, and in the event that none of these appear, just right-click and add a new 32-bit DWORD key, call it DisableAntiSpyware, and set its value to 1.
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