Antimalware service executable takes 50mb my memory usage windows 8.1

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Ichtech

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Hi everyone i have an issue on my windows8.1 task manager, when idle my memory takes 15% i have 8gb ram, im check a running program that names antimalware service executable /windows defender has takes 55mb of my memory sometimes it going to 70mb, im didnt running windows defender before and my windows defender and my windows updates is up to date because im alr updated yesterday and also im disable my automatic update after im finished all update, this is normal for windows defender running at background takes 55mb of my memory?? Does Anybody has same problem with me?Thanks a lot for reading my strange problem and also english is not my mother tongue im so sory for that if my english is bad.
 
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Windows using 15% of 8GB total to run itself is not much since this also includes file caching.
50MB of 8GB is 0.6%, not a lot at all. I wouldn't worry about that.
My laptop also has windows defender which uses 50MB of ram.

Windows defender is microsofts version of anti-virus/malware software, it likes to run in background 24/7 and update itself quite often (once/hour or more often) unless you have separate anti-virus software installed.
Then again, any self respecting anti-virus software also updates itself hourly or so.

If you really want to get rid of windows defender, you could disable windows defender service in services.
I do not recommend that if you do not have any other anti-virus/malware software installed.
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Windows using 15% of 8GB total to run itself is not much since this also includes file caching.
50MB of 8GB is 0.6%, not a lot at all. I wouldn't worry about that.
My laptop also has windows defender which uses 50MB of ram.

Windows defender is microsofts version of anti-virus/malware software, it likes to run in background 24/7 and update itself quite often (once/hour or more often) unless you have separate anti-virus software installed.
Then again, any self respecting anti-virus software also updates itself hourly or so.

If you really want to get rid of windows defender, you could disable windows defender service in services.
I do not recommend that if you do not have any other anti-virus/malware software installed.
 
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Thanks for your answer that good news for me,i just want to know this is normal or not,then is normal and other ppl got same with me, thanks for your reply
 
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