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June 3rd, 2005, 11:21 AM
#1
Registered User
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.
%^$# you, McCrappee.
EDIT: WinXP SP2 box, running the corporate version of McCrappee.
"I aspire sir, to be better than I am." -- Data, Star Trek: Nemesis
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June 3rd, 2005, 06:06 PM
#2
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Originally Posted by 10of40
When I was blackmailed into using McCrappee by my uni's IT people (or lose 'net access), I ran into a pernicious problem: when gaming (or doing something else that liked a lot of processor time), I noticed that it stuttered oddly. Being the inquisitive person that I am, I fired up the task manager and saw (to my surprise) that SCAN32.exe was eating up about 30% of my CPU time... and this is after I shut the activescan off.
I've had a virus-scan take over twelve hours because the SCAN32.exe (started by SYSTEM) was stealing processor time from SCAN32.exe (started by my username) and I didn't realize it.
And short of nuking the process every time it crops up, I can't find a way to stop it. And no, it isn't autoloaded at startup, either.
%^$# 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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June 7th, 2005, 10:44 AM
#3
Registered User
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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