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Faayyde's avatar
Faayyde
5 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...
SerialTurd's avatar
SerialTurd
5 years ago

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

Faayyde's avatar
Faayyde
5 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
    5 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.
      • Ff3NiXx's avatar
        Ff3NiXx
        5 years ago

        I got the problem before season 5 for me, but i thought it was a WINDOWS 10 problem. But now, i'm taking a look when i'm launching the game and indeed i get the same CPU spike problem. 

        CPU Usage 100%, computer become slow during 1 minute. 

        It's really annoying, there is no problem into other games... 

        EDIT : I fixed the issue with adding %appdata% Roaming Easy Anti Cheat exclusion into Windows Defender / Apex directory and Easy Cheat directory. After a computer restart, it seems to work. 

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