obtrusive background process interruptions

derdmeh · 10-26-2006, 03:58 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, 04:18 PM

Run HijackThis and post your results.

**BigGaayAl** · 10-26-2006, 06:33 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, 08:01 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, 03:58 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 04:04 PM. Reason: updating my information

10-26-2006, 04:18 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, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigGaayAl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: gent, belgium Posts: 1,500	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. __________________ Support your right to arm bears. ~Cleveland Amory I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~J.D. Salinger

10-26-2006, 08:01 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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