There are two common factors that can cause Antimalware Service Executable to take up too much CPU resources, from its real time feature and Full scan feature. Real time protection Feature is ...

The Antimalware Service Executable is a program that runs in the background on your Windows 10/11 PC to protect the computer from viruses and other threats. Sometimes it starts to consume too much ...

MsMpEng is the part of MSE that performs scanning (both for real-time scanning and on-demand/scheduled scanning). Is there a virus scan in progress (open MSE from its tray icon to check)? Click to ...

Altogether, Microsoft Security Essentials, which up until now was code- named Morro, is a free service that will offer comprehensive antimalware to combat viruses, Trojans, Internet worms, botnets and ...

Microsoft released a new antimalware solution for its various Azure services, including Virtual Machines, this week. The single-agent solution, which protects Microsoft's cloud-based services from ...

I have a brand new build for a friend (Athlon II X2, 4 GB DDR3 1600, Win 7 HP, 1 TB SATA HDD)... the only thing I've done is update Windows, install all the drivers and install a few basic apps (Flash ...

The free security extension is installed by default, but in a disabled state, on all guest operating system families, specifically Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 ...

The Antimalware Service Executable, also known as MsMpEng.exe, is a critical component of Windows Defender that runs in the background to protect your system from malware and other security threats.