Antimalware service executable eats memory

Anonymous
2025-02-04T08:12:19+00:00

title. it's always taking 200-300 mb of memory.

I tried:

disable windows security, got hit with this setting is managed by your (non existent) administrator

end task, got access is denies

command prompt things, did nothing

edit group policy, did nothing

enable disableantispyware in regedit, got hit with access is denied

tried to give myself permission to enable disableantispyware, access is denied

in case I missed any, I basically tried everything you can find online. no matter what I do, either nothing happens, access is denied or this setting is managed by your administrator

I'm about to flip this is my computer, I should get to choose what to do. I am the administrator and only user

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 87,865 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-02-06T05:18:30+00:00

    You can type:

    bcdedit

    Then, note the partition number mentioned in the output. Look for the output that contains the line "osdevice"

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  2. Ramesh Srinivasan 87,865 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-02-06T05:19:43+00:00

    // I tried every button possible nothing works. also I clicked 'skip this drive' when it asked for some key??//

    It's the BitLocker key and BitLocker protection seems to be enabled on your computer. Skipping it won't help.

    The BitLocker recovery key is a 48-digit numeric password that can be found in one of the places indicated in this article.

    Where to look for your BitLocker recovery key - Microsoft Support:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whe...

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-06T05:26:05+00:00

    I'm not signed in to the computer with a microsoft account, it's a local one, how do I find it then

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  4. Ramesh Srinivasan 87,865 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-02-06T05:31:01+00:00

    It may have been enabled when you connected to the school account, and if so, the key will be stored in the active directory/server.

    Click Start, type bitlocker.

    Click Manage Bitlocker

    See if you can turn off encryption (or) Save the recovery key to a file.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-06T06:25:25+00:00

    Panic panic, I did it and now when I try to open the computer it either gets permanently stuck on black screen with dynabook logo, or it goes to automatic repair your pc failed to start. Already tried to restart multiple times help

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