130 Instances of the battle.net updator Running

Hi there, I was looking through the task manager to see what was eating so much of my CPU at idle (which started happening around two launcher updates ago), and I found 130 instances of the Battle.net updator Agent.exe each taking up a little bit of CPU. I have GIFS but apparently there’s no way to add photos.
So, I killed all of the processes (taskkill /f /im agent.exe) and got this result:

SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 11240 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 26316 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 8080 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 20060 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9768 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 8500 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 14156 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 7540 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 26292 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9332 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 26396 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9720 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 13636 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28644 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 17512 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 27848 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 15676 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28108 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9448 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 16704 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 24792 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28208 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 10120 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 17100 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 14248 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 25932 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 14276 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9572 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29376 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29172 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28456 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29532 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 1304 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 30132 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 30020 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29060 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 13608 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 27816 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 23636 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 19012 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 25308 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 3836 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 10152 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29232 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 18820 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29988 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28136 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 25668 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29620 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 16380 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29012 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 31260 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 16872 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 31724 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 24904 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 31680 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 23876 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 7964 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29676 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 18416 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 21060 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 2812 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 30840 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 20864 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 8876 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 13160 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32236 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 31864 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32092 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32040 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 8640 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32032 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 14204 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32948 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 33488 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 19268 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 29628 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34216 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 33864 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34500 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 2584 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32744 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32228 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34772 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34984 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 35756 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36016 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36572 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 35964 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36652 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36148 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 35008 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36064 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36824 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32096 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36388 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34236 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36976 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37652 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 33120 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36268 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37268 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 38296 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37148 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 34860 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37056 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32672 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 38312 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 39584 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 38924 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 16960 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36624 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 24628 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 24420 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36192 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 43224 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 42564 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 3152 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37584 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 35268 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 45744 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 43528 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 36500 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 32308 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 9788 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 16240 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 37644 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 19276 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 44796 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "Agent.exe" with PID 28588 has been terminated.

But, within seconds, they were back:
Again, I recorded a GIF of this but I have no way to show it on here. If staff is interested let me know
All together, these instances were using about 20% of my CPU…
This is obviously disturbing. Any thoughts?

I have an update to this, on top of the 130 instances, the battle.net launcher appears to be utilizing the Windows WMI Provider Host (WmiPrvSE.exe) and using as much CPU as it can grab until I close the launcher (through the action center). This will sometimes happen during a game such as Modern Warfare and it brings me down to less than 1 fps.

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A similar thing is happening to me right now:
If I open the Homen gaming hub, I see which agent is using 100% wifi and I’m sure this is a problem stemming from Blizzard Battle.net, which was doing an update at the time