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    SCAN32.exe eating CPU time of its own accord

    When I was blackmailed into using McCrappee by my uni's IT people (or lose 'net access), I ran into a pernicious problem: when gaming (or doing something else that liked a lot of processor time), I noticed that it stuttered oddly. Being the inquisitive person that I am, I fired up the task manager and saw (to my surprise) that SCAN32.exe was eating up about 30% of my CPU time... and this is after I shut the activescan off.

    I've had a virus-scan take over twelve hours because the SCAN32.exe (started by SYSTEM) was stealing processor time from SCAN32.exe (started by my username) and I didn't realize it.

    And short of nuking the process every time it crops up, I can't find a way to stop it. And no, it isn't autoloaded at startup, either.

    %^$# you, McCrappee.

    EDIT: WinXP SP2 box, running the corporate version of McCrappee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10of40
    When I was blackmailed into using McCrappee by my uni's IT people (or lose 'net access), I ran into a pernicious problem: when gaming (or doing something else that liked a lot of processor time), I noticed that it stuttered oddly. Being the inquisitive person that I am, I fired up the task manager and saw (to my surprise) that SCAN32.exe was eating up about 30% of my CPU time... and this is after I shut the activescan off.

    I've had a virus-scan take over twelve hours because the SCAN32.exe (started by SYSTEM) was stealing processor time from SCAN32.exe (started by my username) and I didn't realize it.

    And short of nuking the process every time it crops up, I can't find a way to stop it. And no, it isn't autoloaded at startup, either.

    %^$# you, McCrappee.

    EDIT: WinXP SP2 box, running the corporate version of McCrappee.

    is this a machine for work then?

    What version of McAfee are you using? Which engine?

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    See what settings the scan has(you didn't say if this is at work). Anyway, make sure it's not scanning network drives.
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