Posted December 21, 201113 yr After a scheduled scan, the process "MsMpEng.exe" will run at full CPU power until forcibly terminated and restarted. A scan is the only event that causes this issue, and forcibly terminating the process is the only way to get it to start again at "low resource use" mode, or else it would run for 24 hours until it's next scheduled scan at 100% CPU power. I have tried adding the Microsoft Security Essentials' base folder to the "do not scan" list, but this hasn't made a difference. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 w/SP1 and all latest updates. Continue reading...
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