WaasMedic Agent Exe stopping me from working

Anonymous
2021-01-02T19:26:13+00:00

My computer slowed to a crawl. I cannot work. I checked task manager and saw a process waas Medic agent exe is the culprit. It is using 2.8 mb of memory and 1.2 mbs of disk usage.

I understand this is a Microsoft process. What I don't understand is what give Microsoft the right to take over my computer whenever it wants to and stop me from working.

How do I stop this?

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Anonymous
2021-03-16T19:13:13+00:00

Update (5/5/21) - Editing with some additional details.

Can some of you reporting high CPU or high disk usage of the WaasMedic agent create a Feedback Hub entry for me and share the Feedback URL on this thread?

The most important part would be the 'Recreate my Problem' recording while you see the high resource usage in Task Manager.

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I want to promote some of these Feedback entries for investigation.

Updates:

Thank you for those who have been trying to file feedback. In some cases the system performance has prevented the use of Recreate my problem.

The Feedback is still useful without the recording, I will still raise those entries.

It is also useful if the Feedback is done shortly after the system is no longer experiencing the high disk usage, I will be calling out those entries as well.

Finally, I was not clear about the best Category and Sub Category selections. Please use Category: Install and update Sub Category: Downloading, installing, and configuring Windows Updates

Thanks,

Paul...

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-05-22T18:57:27+00:00

    I would try to do that for you, except that the feedback hub that normally works for everyone else on their CPUs doesn't on mine. Tried repeatedly but it just will not send out the reports, when I try to run the diagnostic it says that it doesn't find anything wrong. Microsoft needs to do better.

    Since the update last year in late September, my CPU hasn't worked correctly at all. Just don't know what is going on with it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-22T13:13:38+00:00

    "Plagued by security issues – malicious data injection, exploit problems, cross scripting attacks and other vulnerabilities, Adobe announced in 2017 that it will discontinue support for the Flash Player plugin in 2020".

    https://www.locklizard.com/adobe-flash-security/

    "A search of the National Vulnerability Database returns 1,122 records for Flash Player, with the first published in 2002. The most recent vulnerability was disclosed in June 2020, receiving the highest possible rating of 10.0 given that successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution".

    https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/finally-end-adobe-flash/

    "Why Flash Player Removal Should Be a Priority As Adobe Phases Out Support, Player Poses Even Greater Risks".

    https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/flash-player-removal-should-be-priority-a-14743

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-22T06:35:56+00:00

    I still have an 8.1 laptop running as a standby - only boot every few days to keep Norton Virus updates current. The Flash removal 'Update' came thru' as an OPTION, something that MS seem to not know the definition of anymore  I hid  the update and never ran it so Flash still installed, everything works OK - so it appears it is not necessary to remove as MS think.  In Windows 10, MS do it for you - no option for user, so why do MS feel the need to do it. Surely if something is installed and you don't require it's use, no problem, it can just sit there dormant. What gives MS the right to control our lives - I thought this is a free world now - apparently not according to MS. 

    Why has PaulSey's only response had 23 'Helpful' responses - no mention of 'Unhelpful' responses - bearing in mind there has been 130,000 + view of this particular thread?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-22T00:00:38+00:00

    You clearly don't get the flash removal issue: I should have the option to run 'unsupported' software if I want to.  There is nothing in the Flash license or Windows license that give these companies the right to delete software for which I hold a valid and current license from my machine at their whim.  "Unsupported" merely means they don't have to answer questions when it quits working due to HW / SW compatibility issues.

    Also, Flash was not just used for web pages.  It was also used for applications.  For example "HP Solution Center" software for controllingfunctions of various models of AIOs.  I used it for the scanning function because it provided loads of control including scanning multiple 2-sided pages at a time from the doc feeder, auto de-skewing, I could also adjust contrast and brightness, the filetype to scan to and in the case of PDFs, weather to scan using OCR to create a document where the text could be searched / edited, and more.  Now I've lost all abililty to control scanning of that unit.  The Microsloth "Windows Fax and Scan" is a brain dead app designed primarily for small screen (i.e. phone) use which does not offer doc feeder,  2-sided, OCR, etc. control, and a preview that bears little resemblance to the actual output.  Because MS forcibly removed Flash and prevented its reinstallation from a saved install pack, I've effectivly had control of the scanning function deleted from my AIO.

    But you seem OK with this.  Wonder if you'll feel the same when they decide - for whatever reason - to remove the ability to operate one of your peripherals even though it is still compatible with existing SW & HW just because they want to force you to purchase HW / SW that adds to their bottom line (which is REALLY what the entire Flash thing was about).

    BUT AGAIN THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MS UPLOADING THE ENTIRE CONTENT OF YOUR HD TO THEIR DATA MINING SERVERS, ESPECIALLY IN A WAY THAT SO RADICALLY IMPACTS THE OPERATION OF USERS' SYSTEMS.  That is what this discussion is about.  WaasMedic and its spawned 'minions' provide the data so that the next time a third party says "unsupported" about a product, and it is one in which MS has competing interest, they will swoop onto your machine and remove that application, possibly compromising access to YOUR DATA AND YOUR PERIPHERALS!

    That is the issue of this thread!

    > CAUSES: The Flash removal update (totally unnecessary)

    Fake news. 

    Two years ago, Adobe announced that they were ending all support for Adobe Flash Player, at the end of December 2020. So, the update from Microsoft removes this now-unsupported software. Web-pages that were coded to use Flash Player should be recoded to use modern technologies, such as HTML5.

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