ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY MsMpEng.exe on Windows 8

[writhziden]

Automatic Maintenance is responsible for the CPU spike during idle.

Automatic Maintenance (Windows)​

Automatic Maintenance likely is not the cause of your BSODs, but we should still check it. Try turning off the automatic maintenance task in Windows 8. You will need to run the maintenance tasks manually, e.g. optimizing the hard drive, running error checking on the drive, running a full scan with Defender, etc.

To prevent the Regular Maintenance task from waking the machine at 3:00am, go to Action Center / Automatic Maintenance and disable the checkbox for “Allow scheduled maintenance to wake up my computer at the scheduled time”.

Windows 8 desktop wakes up unexpectedly from sleep or hibernation

Performance & maintenance - Microsoft Windows Help

Improve performance by optimizing your hard drive - Microsoft Windows Help

Windows Defender and Windows SmartScreen fight viruses and other malware - Microsoft Windows​

 

[jcgriff2]

Please run the jcgriff2 BSOD file collection app again -

https://www.sysnative.com/forums/bs...g-instructions-windows-8-7-windows-vista.html

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

 

[Sebazzz]

I've pinpointed the problem to Windows Defender.

When disabling Windows Defender (not only the realtime protection, but disabling by putting the DisableAntiSpyware = 1 registery value in "HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows Defender" the problem doesn't happen anymore.

I am using Hyper-V, for Windows Phone development, can that be the cause? Is it possible to disable the hypervisor and check what will happen?

 

[camelot10]

have exactly same problem, when computer goes idle - bsod happen.
also i can reproduse bsod when start "quick scan" in windows defender
here is my comp: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/KVHjatcN22jpE3se3tvjUit
crash dump: View attachment bsod.zip

and i have installed windows phone emulator too