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MsMpEng.exe consuming too much memory, other fixes not helping
MsMpEng.exe is using way too much memory I believe. Seems like something is wrong. When I open MSE, I don't see anything indicating an active scan, but 'real-time protection' is enabled. I am leaving to do some shopping. Gonna see what the resource monitor says when I get back. Is it possible there is some background scan running?
I found some posts around the web saying that adding the 'MsMpEng.exe' file to the list of Excluded files / locations via Microsoft Security Essentials settings would (possibly) fix the high memory consumption. I did this, rebooted and nothing has changed. The process is still consuming 56,000k+ memory. It doesn't appear to be using much CPU. I am leaving it in the excluded files for now. (C:/Program Files/Microsoft Security Suite/MsMpEng.exe I believe)
I have read that having previous anti-virus programs installed, etc. can also cause this- however I am using a brand new install with only this security software. There isn't much else installed on my machine at all. One game, my video card stuff (Catalyst CC, etc.). So I don't believe this pertains to me.
What can I do. I really don't want to pay for Kaspersky again. Though, it used much less resources, I may have to. What do I do? Is this just how the program is going to be?