A new strain of MacOS malware disguises itself as a Windows executable file to evade detection and embed itself on a system. But the malware authors aren't exactly in the cross-platform avant-garde: ...

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 ...

To fix high memory usage by Antimalware Service Executable on Windows 11, try turning off real-time protection, uninstalling pirated apps, scanning for malware, rescheduling Windows Defender scans, or ...

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 ...

Executable compression, a.k.a. "packing,” is a means of compressing an executable file and combining the compressed data with decompression code into a single executable. Throughout the years, ...

Phishing emails distributing the QBot malware are using a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 Control Panel to infect computers, likely as an attempt to evade detection by security software. DLL ...

Well-known banking trojan Qakbot is evolving new ways of remaining hidden, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The malware, which has been around since 2008, targets Microsoft Windows systems so ...

The Antimalware Service Executable is a program that runs in the background on your Windows 10/11 PC to protect the computer from viruses and other threats. Sometimes it starts to consume too much ...

HPWuSchd.exe is an executable file developed by Hewlett Packard. It is part of the HP Update and is about 1.43 MB in size. The .exe extension of this file shows that it is an executable file. Every ...

Many programs run in the background on a Windows machine. These files are crucial for the machine to function correctly. If you try to force stop any of these ...

The Antimalware Service Executable, also known as MsMpEng.exe, is a critical component of Windows Defender that runs in the background to protect your system from malware and other security threats.