100% cpu utilization with only 1 scan running?

oh2oh2

At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task Manag
er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is this normal
as this is the only process running?

Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the approx
time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while Housecall
scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours. I can see above
the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and sometimes can see that its
downloading something. Its seems pretty long time just to scan for my 80gb
hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience this? TIA

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to beginning
the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan finishes.
Leave it running overnight, if necessary.

Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin
DTS-L


oh2oh2 wrote:
> At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task
> Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is this
> normal as this is the only process running?
>
> Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the approx
> time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while Housecall
> scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours. I can see
> above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and sometimes can see
> that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long time just to scan
> for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience this? TIA

oh2oh2

Did the Disk Cleaanup before the scan. I ahve actually stop the Housecall
scan after 6 hours. Will scan again laet after I increase the space of C
drive. Thanks for the suggestions.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to beginning
> the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan finishes.
> Leave it running overnight, if necessary.
>
> Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin
> DTS-L
>
>
> oh2oh2 wrote:
> > At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task
> > Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is this
> > normal as this is the only process running?
> >
> > Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the approx
> > time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while Housecall
> > scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours. I can see
> > above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and sometimes can see
> > that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long time just to scan
> > for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience this? TIA
>
>

oh2oh2

After I increased the free space of C and run the Housecall on-line scan, it
took about 6 hours (or thats the time I away) and fund only 2 cookies. It has
improves a bit in terms of time taken to display a web page, but still not
the usual self.
An AVG 8.0 scan also comes to 'nothing". Well, guess have to plough alongand
see what ican do next. TIA

"oh2oh2" wrote:

> Did the Disk Cleaanup before the scan. I ahve actually stop the Housecall
> scan after 6 hours. Will scan again laet after I increase the space of C
> drive. Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to beginning
> > the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan finishes.
> > Leave it running overnight, if necessary.
> >
> > Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> > AumHa VSOP & Admin
> > DTS-L
> >
> >
> > oh2oh2 wrote:
> > > At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task
> > > Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is this
> > > normal as this is the only process running?
> > >
> > > Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the approx
> > > time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while Housecall
> > > scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours. I can see
> > > above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and sometimes can see
> > > that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long time just to scan
> > > for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience this? TIA
> >
> >

PA Bear [MS MVP]

And the reason you're running these scans is...?

oh2oh2 wrote:
> After I increased the free space of C and run the Housecall on-line scan,
> it
> took about 6 hours (or thats the time I away) and fund only 2 cookies. It
> has improves a bit in terms of time taken to display a web page, but still
> not the usual self.
> An AVG 8.0 scan also comes to 'nothing". Well, guess have to plough
> alongand
> see what ican do next. TIA
>
> "oh2oh2" wrote:
>
>> Did the Disk Cleaanup before the scan. I ahve actually stop the Housecall
>> scan after 6 hours. Will scan again laet after I increase the space of C
>> drive. Thanks for the suggestions.
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to
>>> beginning the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan
>>> finishes. Leave it running overnight, if necessary.
>>>
>>> Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin
>>> DTS-L
>>>
>>>
>>> oh2oh2 wrote:
>>>> At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task
>>>> Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is
>>>> this normal as this is the only process running?
>>>>
>>>> Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the
>>>> approx time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while
>>>> Housecall scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours.
>>>> I can see above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and
>>>> sometimes can see that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long
>>>> time just to scan for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience
>>>> this?
>>>> TIA

oh2oh2

When I open the 2nd browser, it took a fair while to display (which is much
longer than usual) and thought there may be some form of infections so thats
why I run the scans. TIA

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> And the reason you're running these scans is...?
>
> oh2oh2 wrote:
> > After I increased the free space of C and run the Housecall on-line scan,
> > it
> > took about 6 hours (or thats the time I away) and fund only 2 cookies. It
> > has improves a bit in terms of time taken to display a web page, but still
> > not the usual self.
> > An AVG 8.0 scan also comes to 'nothing". Well, guess have to plough
> > alongand
> > see what ican do next. TIA
> >
> > "oh2oh2" wrote:
> >
> >> Did the Disk Cleaanup before the scan. I ahve actually stop the Housecall
> >> scan after 6 hours. Will scan again laet after I increase the space of C
> >> drive. Thanks for the suggestions.
> >>
> >> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to
> >>> beginning the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan
> >>> finishes. Leave it running overnight, if necessary.
> >>>
> >>> Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
> >>> --
> >>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >>> AumHa VSOP & Admin
> >>> DTS-L
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> oh2oh2 wrote:
> >>>> At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task
> >>>> Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is
> >>>> this normal as this is the only process running?
> >>>>
> >>>> Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the
> >>>> approx time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while
> >>>> Housecall scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours.
> >>>> I can see above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and
> >>>> sometimes can see that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long
> >>>> time just to scan for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience
> >>>> this?
> >>>> TIA
>
>

blkwlnt67

Before doing another scan, suggest doing a defrag.
"oh2oh2" <oh2oh2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsF1ADC31-A137-43A3-B0F4-CD9B76B94A6B@microsoft.com...
> After I increased the free space of C and run the Housecall on-line scan,
> it
> took about 6 hours (or thats the time I away) and fund only 2 cookies. It
> has
> improves a bit in terms of time taken to display a web page, but still not
> the usual self.
> An AVG 8.0 scan also comes to 'nothing". Well, guess have to plough
> alongand
> see what ican do next. TIA
>
> "oh2oh2" wrote:
>
>> Did the Disk Cleaanup before the scan. I ahve actually stop the Housecall
>> scan after 6 hours. Will scan again laet after I increase the space of C
>> drive. Thanks for the suggestions.
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > Temporarily disable your installed anti-virus application prior to
>> > beginning
>> > the online scan. Then don't TOUCH the machine until the scan finishes.
>> > Leave it running overnight, if necessary.
>> >
>> > Tip: Run Disk Cleanup before doing any online scans.
>> > --
>> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> > AumHa VSOP & Admin
>> > DTS-L
>> >
>> >
>> > oh2oh2 wrote:
>> > > At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the
>> > > Task
>> > > Manag er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is
>> > > this
>> > > normal as this is the only process running?
>> > >
>> > > Usually when I use Housecall on-line scan there is a bar to say the
>> > > approx
>> > > time it wil take but not this time. Its says "Please wait while
>> > > Housecall
>> > > scan your system" but this has been going on for a few hours. I can
>> > > see
>> > > above the task bar/Start, can see the word "Done" and sometimes can
>> > > see
>> > > that its downloading something. Its seems pretty long time just to
>> > > scan
>> > > for my 80gb hdd (pretty full). Anyone experience this? TIA
>> >
>> >


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Plato

=?Utf-8?B?b2gyb2gy?= wrote:
>
> At the moment running the Housecall on-line scan and notice in the Task Manag
> er, "Performance tag" it say IExplorer.exe/user/cpu abt 95%, is this normal
> as this is the only process running?

Yes since you are running on on-line scan, which is NOT really on-line
btw.

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