Understand what Antimalware Service Executable is, why it uses high CPU in Windows, and why you should keep this essential ...

What is the Antimalware Service Executable process? The Antimalware Service Executable (its file name is MsMpEng.exe) process is Microsoft Defender's background tool that is responsible for scanning ...

I just noticed on my mom's computer that some "MsMpEng.exe" process (labeled "Antimalware Service Executable" and located under "C Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\") is consuming 100% of CPU.

Antimalware is a software program created to protect IT systems and individual computers from malicious software, or malware. Antimalware programs scan a computer system to prevent, detect and remove ...