I am running it the same way I have for years, latest updates. Don't think it runs as admin mode, unless there is a setting in awesomeminer for that. Basically when it switches mining software/windows it leaves the old cmd window box and you can't click x to close it, it is NOT mining, but the new box is, and the only way to get rid of the tons of boxes is to end them from task manager. They are listed as conhost.exe and Suspended status.

PS. And it is weird because it is only doing it on my Ryzen machine, the Intel ones are not doing this. I added exceptions to Avast as I have been doing for years and never had this issue. I'm doing nothing different then before the last update, which didn't just do the small normal update, but had me actually re-install it?