with the latest update (EDIT: ok, apparently it wasn't the latest, it was the one applied last night. currently downloading and applying the latest update now), spybot seems to be executing some processor intensive application in the background without my telling it to and i need to know what's going on or how to make it stop.
my computer has been acting REALLY slow recently, and i've noticed during one of these sporadic periods that the spybot icon in the corner becomes animated, with the padlock icon spinning around the center. what does this mean? what is going on that is slowing down my computer so much? can i gain control of this behavior (ie: i want this to stop; it's happening every five minutes)?
ps: yes, i'm aware i need to upgrade.
my os is windows 2000. a hijackthis log is forthcoming.