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I tried Pillsys Method but didn't have any success. So I tried a different route by writing a batch file that will monitor the MathKernels and kills them if they have a page fault of over one million. Credit goes to DavidPostill for pointing me to Sysinternals (see here).

1. Download Sysinternals Suite from https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

2. Make the programs visible by adding the folder (in my case ";d:\scripts\SysintervalsSuite") to the PATH variable in Windows

3. Add the folowing script in "d:\scripts\checkmathkernels.bat":

   @echo off
   SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
   setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
   REM Dieses script soll MathKernels schließen die eine zu hohe (>1M) page fault haben. Es prüft alle 60 Sekunden.
   REM Der folgende Aufruf liest alle MathKernel Prozesse aus. PIDs sind an Stelle 2. (Page)Faults sind an Stelle 7.
   REM pslist -m -nobanner MathKernel | findstr /C:"MathKernel"
   :start
   set "output_cnt=0"
   for /f "tokens=2,7 " %%e in ('pslist -m -nobanner MathKernel ^| findstr /C:"MathKernel"') do (
       set /a output_cnt+=1    
       set "pids[!output_cnt!]=%%e"    
       set "faults[!output_cnt!]=%%f"    
   )
   REM Ausgabe:
   echo PID  faults
   for /L %%n in (1 1 !output_cnt!) DO (
       if !faults[%%n]! GTR 1000000 (
       call taskkill /f /PID !pids[%%n]!
   )
   echo !pids[%%n]! !faults[%%n]!
   )
   timeout /T 60
   goto start
   

4. Call bat from Mathematica