While this is a very old trick, just tried it myself and benchmarked using wPRIME and saw an immediate performance increase, remember, the lower the time needed in wPRIME to complete a certain test the better.
I have not come out of this from the top of my head but actually read it on the Wilder Security forums as I always tackle security + performance trying to strike a balance of the best performance without compromising much on security:
Fix CPU Performance Usage in Windows Defender / MSE
Also, don't forget to enable PUP detections in Windows Defender then reboot after merging the reg file:
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wPRIME on all 4 Cores/8 threads 32M (Speed Test) Benchmark Before the tweak:
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wPRIME on all 4 Cores/8 threads 32M (Speed Test) Benchmark After the tweak:
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Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative
Tip for increasing Windows Defender / MSE CPU Usage Performance
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 22, 2016.