sometimes when I boot up and access MSN Premium, everything freezes or slows down to a stop. The culprit seems to be the process "msn.msgr" using about 98% CPU. The solution seems to be to stop the process, and after a dire warning that it could have consequences, the CPU usage drops to almost nothing and all is OK. I have Norton and antispyware running and nothing shows there. Any Ideas? (Verizon support first said I needed a bigger CPU?? and then said I had spyware, and then maybe a corrupted file)
msn.msgr hogs CPU
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MSN Messenger should be updated
Old versions of MSN Messenger is hacked by hackers that might be the problem.
Download the new version 7 to see if it fixes it.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Chat/Instant-Messaging/MSN-Messenger-7.shtml
Old versions of MSN Messenger is hacked by hackers that might be the problem.
Download the new version 7 to see if it fixes it.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Chat/Instant-Messaging/MSN-Messenger-7.shtml
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I reinstalled MSN Messenger and ended up with 7.5.0311.0, should be the latest. It was allright one day and then it was the same as before. msnmsgr showing 97-99% CPU until process is ended. After a few minutes it reinstalls itself and everything is OK. If I try to open email before then the system freezes and then reboot is needed. As I said before, Verizon support does'nt have a clue. Anyone else with an idea?Larue
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Yep.
Lose Nortons.
Download stuff in my sig.
Update it.
Run it.
Hope for the best.
Lose Nortons.
Download stuff in my sig.
Update it.
Run it.
Hope for the best.
Symantec Process viewer might help ya.
Shows how much memory each running process is taking.
Freeware.
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/
Shows how much memory each running process is taking.
Freeware.
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/