obtrusive background process interruptions

derdmeh · 10-26-2006, 02:58 PM

Sorry to clutter things up with a question that must have been asked and answered already. My computer seems at times to be suddenly attacked with a fit of some kind, freezing all current activity for a period of up to 10 seconds while my task-manager icon lights up green. I also get ingame hiccoughs for up to half a second in length. I'm assuming the two problems are connected.

Is the problem background processes (Webroot Spy Sweeper, Firewall, McAfee), or what might it be?

How can I fix this?

UPDATE: I've been monitoring the Task Manager, and it seems that Webroot Spy Sweeper is the culprit. It goes on a tear for 10-15 second at a time eating up 90+% of the system resources. What? Why? How can this be controlled?

icky · 10-26-2006, 03:18 PM

Run HijackThis and post your results.

**BigGaayAl** · 10-26-2006, 05:33 PM

I turn all antispyware and virusscanners off while playing games that tax my computer heavily (like bf2). I think it is safe (others can confirm this if they know for sure), only don't forget to turn it back on when you go surfing the internet later.

**Acid** · 10-26-2006, 07:01 PM

Make it so the Webroot sweeper doesn't start on startup, or make one of these:

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...game-prep.html

A little .bat file you can make with textedit where you can tell it what processes to kill. Run it before you game.

10-26-2006, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
derdmeh Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,307	obtrusive background process interruptions Sorry to clutter things up with a question that must have been asked and answered already. My computer seems at times to be suddenly attacked with a fit of some kind, freezing all current activity for a period of up to 10 seconds while my task-manager icon lights up green. I also get ingame hiccoughs for up to half a second in length. I'm assuming the two problems are connected. Is the problem background processes (Webroot Spy Sweeper, Firewall, McAfee), or what might it be? How can I fix this? UPDATE: I've been monitoring the Task Manager, and it seems that Webroot Spy Sweeper is the culprit. It goes on a tear for 10-15 second at a time eating up 90+% of the system resources. What? Why? How can this be controlled? Last edited by derdmeh; 10-26-2006 at 03:04 PM. Reason: updating my information

10-26-2006, 03:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
icky Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa Valley Posts: 6,154	Re: obtrusive background process interruptions Run HijackThis and post your results. __________________ Peace through fear... since 1947!

10-26-2006, 05:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigGaayAl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: gent, belgium Posts: 1,424	Re: obtrusive background process interruptions I turn all antispyware and virusscanners off while playing games that tax my computer heavily (like bf2). I think it is safe (others can confirm this if they know for sure), only don't forget to turn it back on when you go surfing the internet later. __________________ Thanks to whom made the button beneath my name appear. This is my "depressed stance." When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. ~Charlie Brown

10-26-2006, 07:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: obtrusive background process interruptions Make it so the Webroot sweeper doesn't start on startup, or make one of these: http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...game-prep.html A little .bat file you can make with textedit where you can tell it what processes to kill. Run it before you game. __________________

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