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Windows defender hogging disk usage

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So I have a dell inspirion 15 7000 which is an i5, and it's been running rather slow lately. I don't think I have a virus, I just think that Windows defender is working overtime. Looking into my task manager I noticed that google chrome and "antimalware service executable" which when extended shows windows defender, are using pretty much all of my disk usage. My ram is at about half, which I also don't think should be happening either, but I think the disk usage is what is slowing it down. Any idea how I can fix this?

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Here are my specs:

  • CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 6-Core Processor OC @ 5.0ghz
  • Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
  • Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
  • Storage: Western Digital - WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    • Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    • WD 4TB Black - Passport
  • RAM: Corsair Vengence RGB 2x8 RAM
  • Graphics Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card
  • Case: Corsair Crystal 460x
  • Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
  • Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
  • Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor
  • Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk II
  • Mouse: Corsair - SCIMITAR PRO RGB Wired Optical Mouse
  • Headphones: Bose QC 35 II - Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
     
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I disabled it and installed Avira free anti virus.

CPU - i7-10700K, MB -MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, RAM-Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz, GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO, PSU - EVGA 650w Supernova G2 80+ Gold, Storage - Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB ,WD 3x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S, CASE - Fractal Meshify 2 Compact

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Just now, igetaroundd said:

I disabled it and installed Agora free anti virus.

Is it pretty low on resource requirement?

Here are my specs:

  • CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 6-Core Processor OC @ 5.0ghz
  • Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
  • Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
  • Storage: Western Digital - WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    • Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    • WD 4TB Black - Passport
  • RAM: Corsair Vengence RGB 2x8 RAM
  • Graphics Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card
  • Case: Corsair Crystal 460x
  • Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
  • Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
  • Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor
  • Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk II
  • Mouse: Corsair - SCIMITAR PRO RGB Wired Optical Mouse
  • Headphones: Bose QC 35 II - Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
     
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That usually means that Windows Defender is scanning your drive. It should only last an hour or two. You can open up defender and manually cancel it.

 

While I'm at it, I'll also recommend Avast/AVG Free Antivirus.

i7 4790k | GTX 970 | 16GB

That's all you need to know. It's a beast.

 

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Just now, AverageHardware said:

That usually means that Windows Defender is scanning your drive. It should only last an hour or two. You can open up defender and manually cancel it.

 

While I'm at it, I'll also recommend Avast/AVG Free Antivirus.

Well the problem is it does it 24/7 even after an hour or two, and it happens every time I boot up the thing

 

Here are my specs:

  • CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 6-Core Processor OC @ 5.0ghz
  • Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
  • Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
  • Storage: Western Digital - WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    • Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    • WD 4TB Black - Passport
  • RAM: Corsair Vengence RGB 2x8 RAM
  • Graphics Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card
  • Case: Corsair Crystal 460x
  • Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
  • Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
  • Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor
  • Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk II
  • Mouse: Corsair - SCIMITAR PRO RGB Wired Optical Mouse
  • Headphones: Bose QC 35 II - Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
     
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1 minute ago, steVENOM said:

Is it pretty low on resource requirement?

I'd say yes, I've had it for a few days and the disk usage is always low, unlesss running a manual scan 

CPU - i7-10700K, MB -MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, RAM-Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz, GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO, PSU - EVGA 650w Supernova G2 80+ Gold, Storage - Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB ,WD 3x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S, CASE - Fractal Meshify 2 Compact

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1 minute ago, steVENOM said:

Well the problem is it does it 24/7 even after an hour or two, and it happens every time I boot up the thing

 

It's probably actively scanning files of some sort then. Windows Defender isn't too efficient.

i7 4790k | GTX 970 | 16GB

That's all you need to know. It's a beast.

 

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