CPU at 100% Usage when using Full Scan in Windows Defender

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I'm trying to scan for viruses but every time I choose Full Scan or Custom Scan my C: Drive my CPU shoots up to 100% usage and overheats prompting the scan to stop or my PC shuts down. I used Core Temp during a scan and all cores are getting up to 100 degrees Celsius. I've tried excluding Antimalware Service Executable folder from scan but same thing happens.

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