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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Antimalware Service Executable is a process you might see pop-up in Task Manager’s task list now and again, beavering away at … something. While it’s not always obvious what it’s up to, and the ...