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Redham 8/9/2006 11:07 AM PST
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  The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.

Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will be
replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!
 
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Malke 8/9/2006 11:20 AM PST
   
  Redham wrote:

> The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
> At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
> Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
> Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.
>
> Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will
> be replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!

Please post in one of the newsgroups specifically set up for the beta
(software that isn't finished and is still in the bug-checking phase)
Windows Defender program. Microsoft.public.security.homeusers is not one of
them.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx

These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.

To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following information
for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):

- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware

NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.

Malke
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Redham 8/9/2006 11:24 AM PST
   
  Thank you for the information. I will re-post there.

Thanks
redham
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"Malke" wrote:

> Redham wrote:
>
> > The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
> > At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
> > Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
> > Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.
> >
> > Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will
> > be replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!
>
> Please post in one of the newsgroups specifically set up for the beta
> (software that isn't finished and is still in the bug-checking phase)
> Windows Defender program. Microsoft.public.security.homeusers is not one of
> them.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.
>
> To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following information
> for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):
>
> - NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
> - Account name: privatenews\spyware
> - Password: spyware
>
> NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"
>
 
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ingber 6/23/2007 9:29 AM PST
   
  This is June 23 2007. Really, is MsMpEng.exe still in beta!? I am having
the same problems with my Thinkpad A31p/XP SP2 system.

Is there a way to "nice" this program so that it does not eat up all
resources?

Lester

"Malke" wrote:

> Redham wrote:
>
> > The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
> > At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
> > Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
> > Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.
> >
> > Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will
> > be replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!
>
> Please post in one of the newsgroups specifically set up for the beta
> (software that isn't finished and is still in the bug-checking phase)
> Windows Defender program. Microsoft.public.security.homeusers is not one of
> them.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.
>
> To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following information
> for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):
>
> - NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
> - Account name: privatenews\spyware
> - Password: spyware
>
> NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"
>
 
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siljaline 8/9/2006 11:22 AM PST
   
  "Redham" wrote:
> The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
> At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
> Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
> Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.
>
> Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will be
> replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!

At this time, support for the beta version of Microsoft Windows
Defender Anti-Spyware is being provided through the following Microsoft
newsgroups: (This is *not* one of them) -

- microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.appcompat
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.install
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.networking
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.signatures
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.onlinecommunity

These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP. To access these
newsgroups using HTTP, please go to the following location:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us

To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following
information for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):

- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware

NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.

Silj

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hej 7/22/2007 4:10 PM PST
   
 

"Redham" wrote:

> The windows defender engine file has a serious CPU usage problem!
> At any given moment my CPU fan will crank up to 100%. I'll bring up "task
> Manager" and the CPU will be at 100%. When I check for the culprit it's
> Defender's MsMpEng.exe file using all available CPU resources.
>
> Whats up with this? It's totality unacceptable and Windows Defender will be
> replaced on my system if Microsoft doesn't fix this soon!
 
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