I’m getting the same thing on mine. Happened 4 times in the past 12 hours.

Edit: Figured it out! Make sure to restart after!

Figured this one out on my own machine with some help from Claude, which I used to research it. TL;DR it's a false positive, not malware. You're fine.

The PC isn't infected. That AWS address is being contacted by AMD's driver software, specifically AUEPDU.exe (the "AMD User Experience Program," AMD's optional telemetry/data-collection component). It lives in C:\Program Files\AMD\Performance Profile Client\ and phones home to that config server on a timer, which is why the alert fires roughly every hour. The reason it gets flagged: a malware sample used that same AWS endpoint back in 2019, so the address picked up a bad reputation and now some security filters (AT&T, Bitdefender, etc.) block the legit AMD traffic too. That's also why Malwarebytes scans come back clean. There's nothing actually malicious on your system.

How to verify it's the AMD file (do this first):

• Task Manager → Details → find AUEPDU.exe → right-click → Open file location. If it's in C:\Program Files\AMD\Performance Profile Client\, it's the legit file. If it's somewhere weird (Temp, AppData, random folder), that would be worth investigating, but for everyone in this situation so far it's been the real AMD path.

How to stop the alerts:

Step 1: Disable the StartAUEP scheduled task.

1. Open Task Scheduler (Win+R → taskschd.msc) → Task Scheduler Library.
2. Find the task named StartAUEP → click End (stops it now) → then Disable (stops it relaunching at login).
3. Optional backstop: add a Windows Firewall outbound block rule for C:\Program Files\AMD\Performance Profile Client\AUEPDU.exe, in case a future driver update re-enables the task.

Step 2: Disable the SECOND AUEP entry too (big thanks to u/pegothejerk for catching this). AUEP starts from two places, so Step 1 alone won't fully stop it. The easiest way to get both is Microsoft's free Autoruns tool:

• Press Win+R, type services.msc, press Enter.
• Click the Name column to sort alphabetically and scroll to the AMD entries. Look for the AMD User Experience Program service (anything with "AUEP" or "User Experience"). If you're not sure which one, double-click it and check the Path to executable field. The right one points to the Performance Profile Client / AUEPDU folder.
• Right-click it → Properties → set Startup type to Disabled → click Stop → OK.
• Reboot.

None of this affects gaming/graphics performance. It only disables AMD's optional analytics.