Windows 10 Antimalware Spike

[DCairns]

Wondering if anyone is having the same problems that I've been having with Jamkazam spiking the Windows Antimalware service after the past handful of updates.  I let it ride for a few of these hoping things would straighten out, but no luck.

The spike is only 20-30% or so, but this is enough to tank my sessions - not so much with latency but with large amounts of static.  A few times during the sessions, the Antimalware service disappears and the sessions return to normal, but then it kicks in again.  I've tested this by shutting down the Jamkazam sessions and the Antimalware service always ends within 5-10 seconds and it does not come back - not until I fire up JK again, at least.

I have Jamkazam on my whitelist for apps in Windows Defender, so I'd like to know how I can fix this problem.  As you know, the God of Redmond does not allow us to tinker with Windows, so even when I shut off Defender (which I shouldn't have to do), the Antimalware service runs (can't shut this service off either through the Task Manager or Services).

Ideas?  Thanks in advance.

Greg

Hi Greg, We had this hassle too. It is amazing how much rubbish runs in the background on a clean Windows install.  The only way round it seems to be to turn it off. Sordum.org has a useful utility which lets you do this from a command line, so it can go in a batch file. Also stopping WindowsUpdates was helpful, cause when they start collecting data during a gig, it is a nightmare.  Indeed I now stop the WindowsScheduler too which stops anything unexpected happening when you don't want it!   Good luck.... David