The CPU on my machine is not being stressed when the scan
is taking place (barely uses about 10% CPU).
It simply looks like the application is simply not checking
for other events once the window has been minimised. This
is bad programming practice and the application should
occasionally check to see if any other events have occurred
that need to be handled. Normally there will be none and so
will not affect overall performance, but it will prevent
the appearance of a hung application.
Mark
>-----Original Message-----
>I don't think this is necessarily a bug. You may find
>that the process for AntiSpyware is grabbing all of your
>processors' time or it may be using a large amount of
>memory (I'll could look into that).
>
>Also don't forget that a scan is going to produce a
>massive amount of I/O so it sounds perfectly reasonable
>that the application may become unresponsive during a
>scan. It all depends on how much there is to scan and
>whether your system is pretty clean or not (i.e. Total
>amount of system memory, how large the registry is, how
>many files need there are to scan, when was the PC last
>rebuild, is it a budget processor i.e. Celeron, etc.)
>
>Does the application become responsive after the scan has
>completed? (I know you can't tell the progress during a
>scan but if you leave it for 30-40 minutes, it should
>have finished by then... hopefully).
>
>Regards
>
>Mark
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is on Windows XP SP1.
>>
>>If I perform a scan and then minimise the main window,
>this
>>window then becomes unresponsive and I cannot reactivate
>>this from the Task Bar to check on progress.
>>
>>This is really annoying as it makes it impossible to run
>a
>>scan and keep the window out of sight until required.
>>
>>Mark
>>.
>>
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