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Faayyde
6 years ago

Antimalware Service Executable spike CPU usage to 100%

Ever since Season 5 started, there's a process called Antimalware Service Executable that shows up in the task manager every time i launch Apex, it spikes up the cpu to 100% and the entire pc lags an...
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Faayyde
6 years ago
@fowl_owo i'm pretty sure its a problem on their end because it was working perfectly fine before season 5
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fowl_owo
6 years ago
@Faayyde And probably won't get fixed soon, just like the fixes to servers, noregs etc. ☹️
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    SerialTurd
    6 years ago

    Might as well post specs to find out common threads.  Is everyone running on windows 10?

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      Faayyde
      6 years ago
      @SerialTurd I don't think specs are a problem because as i said the game was working completely fine before season 5 even with the anti cheat and windows defender still running, and yes to your question.
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        SerialTurd
        6 years ago
        @Faayyde I agree but I'm just thinking of down the line when a dev finally looks at this thread. I can imagine one of the first questions they'd ask is what OS is everyone running.

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