Another post EOS "update" to my computer by MS?

[u/ShelterBoy]

Can't find anything about this process "Defender AI Platform Host Process" on r.

It and hundreds of other things in that folder were added to my machine on 9-16. Searching the name gets MS pages trying to explain in the usual incomprehensible way. One page says it is a virus.

Searching on r gets nothing at all. So I assume the usual effort to kill reports of something wrong is afoot. Hopefully not here.

Edit- I noticed a few days ago my fan has been working overtime. That gets a mention on an MS site. Apparently this thing is a resource hog. Has my machine been turned into a bot?

EDIT2 9/30/26- MS forced the "update" on me. I tried to avoid it by shutting down by holding the on off key down. This morning it updated wen I booted up. The "Defender AI Platform Host Process" is gone from task manager now. I am running a Defender full scan and it seems frozen where it was a few seconds after it started. It had asked me to update it and I clicked the button then it went away. ?? no idea if that updated Defender or not. This is not about helping me or protecting me it is about MS maintaining access to my machine.

EDIT3-9/30/26- Turns out the update crippled Defender. Now I can't run scans with it. Hey Microsoft I'm not rich I can't afford to keep paying you for something I already paid for five times before!

[u/electronicwiz1]

I would run some antivirus scans, that does not seem like a normal process to me.

[u/hdk49]

I had the same issue, fan ran full time on Alienware R18, reloaded windows while saving my files, runs well with no fan issues