
A maxed-out CPU is also a sign of a virus or adware infection, which should be addressed immediately.

Optimize Windows Defender Scheduling Options.

Examples of CPU intensive features: VPN high-level encryption Intensive scanning of all traffic Logging all traffic and packets However, it’s important to note that it is considered to be insecure and therefore should pretty much be avoided. In Windows, the LSAISO process runs as an Isolated User Mode (IUM) process in a new security environment that is known as Virtual Secure Mode (VSM). ASMCMD commands when executed with parameters are leaving the asm connection open "asmcmd daemon" and consumes high CPU usage.

I don't recall seeing this process in the past, or at least it wasn't consuming so much of the CPU.
