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What is "uimam.uwpmail.app.exe", and why does it kick off?
Today, shortly after startup, and before I had done any work myself, I noticed my Windows 10 system was running 'like a dog with one leg'. Task Mgr revealed a process running constantly at 48-50% CPU, the busiest process on the system, and called "uimam.uwpmail.app.exe" - some letters in the filename were capitalised, but I don't remember which - and C: (OS disk) 100% busy, resulting in a very slow response from anything.
I don't use Windows Mail, and my preferred mail app, Thunderbird, had not been started.
I haven't seen this process before, so after noting the executable's filename, I killed the process to give me some power, and tried searching the web for any info about this process with Google and DuckDuckGo. Only one entry mentioned this process by name, but it was all in German, so I couldn't make out what was its significance, if anything.
I have searched for the file in my own AppData (nothing), Windows (nothing), Program Files (nothing), Program Files (x86) (nothing), and Program Data (nothing). I can't think of anywhere else where an executable might lurk.
I am running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v1709 (OS build 16299.371).
Can anyone tell me what uimam.uwpmail.app.exe does, and why it suddenly sprang into action this morning?
BTW, after killing the process, it didn't come back to life, as sometimes happens after killing a process. No virus or malware alert has been triggered by Trend Micro Maximum Security.
Thanks.
Sam