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
    2021-08-29T07:41:35+00:00

    I may be a cynic, but it appears to me, MS are actually reading this thread. Various solutions are being proffered but they all seem, at the best, temporary. Soon after someone suggests a possible solution, MS shut the door by updating the OS somewhere making the cure obsolete and shifting the problem elsewhere. I was daft enough to think by purchasing a new computer it was mine, apparently not, it is 'owned' by MS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-23T23:54:45+00:00

    >>Update: Now that's finished, you've decided to start running CompatTelRunner.exe, ANOTHER disk hogging performance killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<<

    In Task Schedular->Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows->Application Experience, right-click all the items that appear in the "Name - Status - Triggers" panel and select "Disable". MS obviously doesn't care about this bit of spyware as they have never tried the WaasMedicAgent tactics of re-enabling them every boot-up or surreptitiously placing a special User / Security Principal so you do not have permissions to enable / disable it.

    Unfortunately you'll find that "CompatTelRunner" and "PcaSvc.dll" (PcaPatchDbTask) are miniscule in terms of resources hogged compared to WaasMedicAgent.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-08-22T00:57:38+00:00

    Inititally we got some relief by turning WaasMedicAgent off in Task Scheduler. Then MS implemented spyware that simply turned it back on if it was found to be off. Apparently that didn't allow WaasMedicAgent and its "spawn" to run as often as MS wanted.

    Yesterday I discovered that MS had added a new user account to my machine - one which I as administrator was never consulted about - so that I, as administrator, could not remove, disable, or modify the WaasMedicAgent task. I haven't checked, but I'll bet this new user / security principal has taken ownership and control of many other tasks and registry keys that we have previously used to protect ourselves from MS intrusive "User Experience", "App Compatibility" and "user protection and security" user-abuse-ware and spyware.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-08-18T16:08:57+00:00

    I watched episode 832 of Security Now titled "Microsoft’s Culpable Negligence" where Steve Gibson just rips Microsoft to pieces for their failure to react to reported security issues. He points out why M$ doesn't care any longer because they have $130 Billion dollars of cash on hand and know they have a monopoly on the Enterprise market. They simply do not care any longer. M$ knows they won't lose any enterprise customers so why bother spending one penny fixing anything. This explains perfectly why the WaaS Medic issue has not been fixed and will never be fixed. Watch the video from the one hour fifteen minute mark:

    https://youtu.be/KgOKt_FYrOg?t=4520

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