Antivirus using too much ram?

[juners]

I've been having problems with with ram usage for about a year now and I've noticed that it always has to do with an antivirus using too much ram. It wasn't until I started using windows defender that I started monitoring it and I noticed that it SLOWLY starts going up and up; .2 mb a second. I've let it go up all the way to 98%. It wasn't until I turned off and on WD that it seemed to fix the issue. It went from 11 gigs of usage back to 158 mb and became stable. But this is just a temporary fix. Why is this happening? Not just with WD but with any antivirus that I use. I know that some antiviruses can be heavy on the memory but DAMN, if I don't stop it'll end up consuming all that ram until there isn't any left. Is this a memory leak? After a year I honestly don't know anymore. I've tried SOME things but none of them seem to be working. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

Can you please list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Your post reads like you're on Windows 10. If so then it's possible that it may be a one off event with Windows Defender but Memory Leaks area common occurrence with Windows 10 when the OS is corrupt.

 

[juners]

Can you please list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Your post reads like you're on Windows 10. If so then it's possible that it may be a one off event with Windows Defender but Memory Leaks area common occurrence with Windows 10 when the OS is corrupt.

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)
RAM: 16g
HDD: 4TB TOSHIBA HDWE140
GPU: MSI GTX 1070
PSU: Thermaltake Smart 600W
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

What do you guys recommend?