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01-Jul-2008, 08:32 PM #1
SUPERAntiSpyware spike
my S.A.S.^ started taking up 450k memory use err w/e ever its called. its done this before but it has no reason too and it bogs everything down, i had to ctrl+alt+del to get to my desktop. it started doing this though when i was opening an install for a game, any reason why its doing this?
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01-Jul-2008, 09:28 PM #2
Some people have found it helpful to upgrade to Version 4.0 or later.
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01-Jul-2008, 09:31 PM #3
Others have found that the real-time protection component eats memory. I would momentarily disable it, allow the memory and CPU usage to drop, then re enable. Or, just turn it off.
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