CIS Antivirus does processor stay at 100% usage for long periods.

The bug/issue

  1. What you did: CIS Antivirus does processor stay at 100% usage for long periods frequently.
  2. What actually happened or you actually saw: system slow and processor at 100%
  3. What you expected to happen or see: no system slow and processor normal
  4. How you tried to fix it & what happened: nothing to do
  5. If it’s an application compatibility problem have you tried the application fixes here?: no
  6. Details & exact version of any application (except CIS) involved with download link: -
  7. Whether you can make the problem happen again, and if so precise steps to make it happen: The problem occurs when using the system.
  8. Any other information (eg your guess regarding the cause, with reasons): no

Files appended

  1. Screenshots illustrating the bug: no
  2. Screenshots of related CIS event logs or the Defense+ Active Processes List: no
  3. A CIS config. report or file: no
  4. Crash or freeze dump file: no

Your set-up

  1. CIS version, AV database version & configuration used: 5.3.181415.1237, Proactive config, Antivírus default
  2. a) Have you updated (without uninstall) from CIS 3 or 4: no
    b) if so, have you tried reinstalling (if not please do)?: Yes
  3. a) Have you imported a config from a previous version of CIS: no
    b) if so, have U tried a preset config (if not please do)?: -
  4. Ave you made any other major changes to the default config (eg ticked ‘block all unknown requests’, other egs here.): No
  5. Defense+, Sandbox, Firewall & AV security level: D+=Safe, Sandbox=disable, Firewall=Safe, AV=Stateful
  6. OS version, service pack, number of bits, UAC setting, & account type: Windows XP Pro, SP2, 32 bit, Admin account, Athlon XP 2200+, 1GB memory DIMM PC133, vídeo onboard, Seagate IDE 80GB
  7. Other security and utility software installed: no
  8. Virtual machine used: no

Thank you for your Issue report.

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