Your computer has been experiencing severe issues lately.
Your computer has been experiencing severe issues lately.
It's a new problem and I'm confused about what's happening. After updating Chrome one day, things have started to decline. The 'windows modules installer worker' is consuming 50-60% of my disk space. Possibly the antimalware service or the system itself is using up most of it, making everything extremely slow. I've tried restarting and clearing the cache, but nothing has improved. Could you help me out? I don't want my drives to fail.
The problem continues despite updates and a restart. Initially, the system consumed around 60% of resources. Once Chrome opened—especially with lag—it jumped to about 70%. After that, Windows installer worker started using significant disk space. This is really frustrating.
I have no antivirus software installed on my computer. The process you mentioned launches automatically when I turn on the machine, consuming a large amount of disk space and then shutting down. It restarts unexpectedly, uses up a lot of storage, and slows everything down.
The installer comes from Windows Update. Let it complete its work. This section isn’t connected to Chrome. Still, since you’re using Windows, you have antivirus protection—Windows Defender. Antimalware Service Executable is part of that tool and consumes a lot of resources. Chrome might have been updated to handle more disk activity. I’m not certain. I use Firefox myself. Any operation on the disk triggers a scan task. As a software engineer, I often work with GitHub and Visual Studio Code. Usually, when I open Code, GitLens pulls in about 50 repositories, and the Antimalware Service Executable can slow down my less powerful machine. My more powerful setup occasionally struggles depending on other programs. In short, Defender is quite bothersome. Users have raised concerns for years, but Microsoft hasn’t addressed it. Excluding certain folders from scans helps only so much. Still, it’s better than Norton or McAfee.