CPU Load

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Ashley

I find a cyclic CPU load of 100% when MSAS is active (realtime monitoring).
The process gcasDtServ.exe takes 100% processor for 5 seconds every
~30seconds. This slows my system immensely. Has anyone seen this, and
preferably seen a solution other than turning MSAS off.
Ashley
 
There have been periodic similar reports. You might try:

1) update install:

Control panel, add or remove programs, Microsoft Antispyware, change,
update.

2) if that doesn't change the behavior, uninstall, restart, reinstall. You
can delete the installation folder, as well, if you don't need to preserve
settings or quarantine items.

If neither of these brings any joy, I'd uninstall and wait for the next beta
version availability.
 
there's definetly a performance issue on this
application, i have a fast system and it slowed it down.
 
Try the stuff I recommended. I'm not doubting your evidence, but I have
this running on PII-300's and without complaints from the users.
 
Hi,

This morning at 2.05am the server starting bleeped when i checked the cpu
was 75c
this is 20c up from where it was 10 minutes before.

When I looked Microsoft antispyware was running.

I stopped this and restarted the server as the abit monitor program had
frozen and I want to see what the temperature was.
- I have a p3 3ghz Prescott on a abit board.

Once the server had restarted the cpu was 60c (mainly due to the fact it was
75c two minutes before) this dropped within two minutes to 58c, its
currently back to 54c. (with nothing happening like it was before I went to
sleep)

Deciding to take this a little further I loaded Microsoft antispyware again
and the cpu jumped to 65c within ten seconds, I closed it again and within
ten seconds it dropped to 58c then of course to 54c (as it is now).

This has happened twice since Saturday and ive not touched the program at
all (of course its on auto update).

Has anyone else had this trouble.

I don't have it on any other the other 6 pcs I have it installed on but they
have amd chips and asus boards.

Phil
 
Hi,

I've done this as I believe I have the same problem and can confirm that
antispyware increased my cpu tempature by at least 10c when loaded and used
upto 100% cpu process.

When a system scan is on my cpu will hit 75c increasing it another 10c from
the program was loaded.

If I close the program all together my cpu processes drops to 2% use and by
20c in tempature

This has to be address as I can no longer use this program on my server !!!

My problems have only started since last saturday morning, what updates have
there been to antispyware since then ??

I have done virus scan etc and there is no problems on that front etc.

Phil
 
They aren't doing code updates via any automatic mechanism. You can check
the date of your last definition update by this procedure:

1) do a file, check for update.
2) then go to Help, About, and look at the definition number and date--the
data will be, I think--the actual date and time that set of defs arrived on
your machine.

I believe that you and others on this thread are seeing something real, but
it isn't seen by the vast majority of users, so it is hard to pin down.
Another set of reports that I suspect are related to what you are seeing are
those where the users report that either their screensaver never kicks in,
or that their machine never goes into standby.

I'd bet that you can eliminate these issues by disabling real-time
protection, using the work-around paragraph in this KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892375 End users may be prompted to allow or
block administrative actions that originate from a central management tool
after they install Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) on a computer that is managed
by Systems Management Server 2003

However--that takes away much of the value of the program.
 
Hi Bill,

As expected the cpu temperature was around 57c, sys 39 and pwn 43 at 1.55am
today.

Then at 2.01 (was scheduled for 2am) antisypware starts the routine daily
scan.
The abit monitoring program (used for monitoring the temperature) shows 1c
for cpu/sys/pwn and now the motherboard alarm siren goes off.

But this time it only goes off for around 3 seconds so I leave it and watch.

The scan completes with no problems but the abit software has now froze.

I wait a few minutes and still frozen so I reboot the machine after loading
up and waiting a minute the readings are now
70 cpu, 41 sys, 57 pwn.

Leaving it two more minutes and the temperatures show normal.

So is it the abit software that cannot cope or spyware ??

I will remove abit tomorrow and install motherboard_monitor and then run
antispyware and see what happens.

Unless anyone else can test or advise.

Phil

p.s despite another reminder no support for abit technical I will call them
tomorrow.
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Did you check the CPU cooler was correctly seated?
And/or check the thermal paste evenly applied.

Gr. Jan
 
Yes and everything on that front was fine.

I've removed abit software and installed motherboard monitor to see what
happens at 2am.

Phil
 
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