Simviation Forum - Strange pattern...

Nov 5^th, 2007 at 5:12pm

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Hi all, things are really confusing me now!

It would appear that my computer crashes when I try to download anything! This all started this afternoon while Azureus was downloading several torrents (all legal, I don't support piracy as if we don't pay for the stuff it won't ever be made!). After several minutes, my PC had slowed to a snails pace. 2-3 minutes later, the mouse stopped moving. I then restarted the computer.

After the restart, I tried running Azureus again (this time only 1 torrent), only to find the same thing happened.

Third time around, I switched to the Bit Torrent program. The same thing happened. This time however, I opened up Task Manager and closed bittorent.exe. This had no effect. However, I remembered a problem I had once before with Firefox, and closed explorer.exe. This fixed it!

The computer also slows when downloading through Firefox.

I'm at my wit's end to explain this and why closing explorer helps. Anybody got a idea? Anybody know how to stabalise my system?

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 3.6ghz, 4gb RAM, Palit GTX 460 1 gb, OCZ 750W, Windows 7 64bit

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Reply #1 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 12:02pm

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I am surprised you can do much when you shut down explorer that is one service you should leave be and shouldn't have anything to do with Firefox.
I would suggest you find out what is using all your resources, if explorer is doing it then you may want to run a spyware/adware scan.

How many processes does it show running when you open task manager?

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Reply #2 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 1:23pm

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Even if what you are downloading is legal...... any torrent-type site is VERY suspect as to the potential virus content of ANY files. What AV are you running, and is it REALLY current? What exactly are you downloading?

If what you are getting is a legal download, why are you risking using softtware and sites that are KNOWN for their support of software and music piracty and virus and spyware problems? Do yourself a favor and download the stuff elsewhere.

If the files you are talking about are ONLY availabe via torrent stuff........ are you SURE that they are actually legal... or are people "rationalizing" the truth to defend their their legality?

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...................john

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Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 8:45pm

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Actually, I was downloading a few Bricopacks from Crystal XP. I am well aware of the risks of using the Torrent system, but it saves bandwidth for the freeware creators. I only use torrent programs occasionally.

Upon further investigation, the System Idle Procese is using 50-80% of my CPU cycles. I have an average 44 processes.

I use Zone Alarm Pro (updated 3 days ago). A few minutes ago it found and deleted a bad registry entry. Thanks for the help.

I'll just use the regular download links. It's more trouble than it's worth to fix this.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 3.6ghz, 4gb RAM, Palit GTX 460 1 gb, OCZ 750W, Windows 7 64bit

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Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2007 at 5:55pm

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Actually, I was downloading a few Bricopacks from Crystal XP. I am well aware of the risks of using the Torrent system, but it saves bandwidth for the freeware creators. I only use torrent programs occasionally.

Upon further investigation, the System Idle Procese is using 50-80% of my CPU cycles. I have an average 44 processes.

I use Zone Alarm Pro (updated 3 days ago). A few minutes ago it found and deleted a bad registry entry. Thanks for the help.

I'll just use the regular download links. It's more trouble than it's worth to fix this.

Zone Alarm destroyed my pc Cheesy

Lavrentis

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