Suddenly Antimalware Service Executable started running continuously and more than 50% RAM is hogged.

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Hello peeps out there!So the other day, I was working on my computer. Out of nowhere I saw my browser crashing with just 4 tabs opened. I investigated and found that my ram was already occupied by 50-60% where not a single application was opened. "NOT A SINGLE", not even file explorer neither notepad. And the Antimalware Service Executable came to my notice when it was on top of task if I order the task by memory in Descending order. For a couple of minutes, I thought there might be some malware/PUPs that Defender have noticed and is working on, so I left it running and waited it to end. But i

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