SDFSSvc.exe using 25% of my CPU

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Xariann

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Hello there,

I was looking at my resource monitor yesterday and noticed my CPU usage was unusually high. With an idle computer it was at 25%. I have an i3 processor and I don't think that it should be that high when idle. Running Windows 7 x64 and Spybot Search and Destroy 2.

When I checked the running processes I was surprised to find that the SDFSSvc.exe was the one shooting the CPU usage to the roof. As far as I understand, that's the Spybot scan service that gives you live protection (not the on demand scan.) I do not recall Spybot ever using so much CPU. When I turned it off, the usage went to the normal 4% or so when idle (well it fluctuated obviously when I tabbed around, opened browsers etc.)

Is there a way to fix this issue? I run some heavy games, such as Dragon Age, Crysis 2, etc., and design software like the Adobe CS. I really don't want 1/4 of my CPU to be taken up by a background service, it defeats the purpose. It's like you don't allow malware to overwork my computer but the program that should counter that is just as "bad" in terms of resource usage.

It's the first time I have had complaints about Spybot, it's always been my favourite anti-spyware. Any ideas?

Full specs:

Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1 64 bit
Acer Aspire laptop with an Intel i3
4GB RAM
 
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In a system (with 4 CPU core AMD 955) using Win 7 and attached hereto as CPU usage is 25% constant. and use the BETA 4
In another system, old laptop (Celeron), Win 7, the CPU usage is constantly at 100%
I find it quite strange that I plan to start profitable deals is always scanned.
Regards
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It's the program itself (spybot). It still need some time to get ready for release. I think they have still some work to do when it comes to the CPU-usage, etc.
 
imageek said:
It's the program itself (spybot). It still need some time to get ready for release. I think they have still some work to do when it comes to the CPU-usage, etc.
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I figured it's the program, I said that, hehe.

I guess I'll wait for final release.
 
SDFSS crashes and Live Protection Misery

Win XP 64 bit AMD x4 8Gb RAM

The Live Protection in Beta 4 is a total failure in my experience. First my speedy machine crawls at boot time, because this crap scans every file it comes across. Attempts to turn it off via right click on tray icon, fail. I have also disabled this in the settings, but it comes back on every time. Cursing does not help either : ). It's the most frustrating piece of crap I have seen in a long time.

First of all it is badly designed. Like the good firewalls, it should ask me about each program so I could indicate that program "A" is ok, I know all about it, I installed it it is always safe. Nor could I find anywhere in the settings where I can list the "safe files".

Instead of booting up and running my temp cleanup and defrag routine in under 2-3 minutes. Live Protection does not allow me to to all this in even 10 minutes. This is UNACCEPTABLE. Plus the SDFSS crashes, and then usually it no longer bothers me.

Thanks for the hard work on Spybot, but Spybot 2 has been nothing short of disaster for me. The earliest beta made my system unbootable, and I had restore Windows from an image backup. It's now much better, but it still is somewhat unusable right after booting.

The interface in general is very poor -confusing and overly complicated.
The biggest problem however is the Live PROTECTION. Please make sure it can be turned off.

Thanks,

Dan
 
Muha:Muha:
I'm not so drastic and ruthless as drdancm, however, the question
Scanner is very important, because the system slows down so well.
I fact I uninstalled the part relating to the scanner and now systems
are agile and are happy.
hello
 
I am seeing much less usage.

Snip right after boot:

spybotusage.jpg
 
I think I finally disabled the Live Protection, but will see next time I boot up.
Here is the error file w respect to the crash of SDFSSvc.exe

I hope it is of use.

Thanks,

Dan

Uploading of error log failed. Says security token is missing. What is that?

This is Just one more thing to make things more difficult to help with the beta testing. Damn MS Windows makes getting the error files a PITA in the first place. Let me know where to e-mail error log please.
 
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I am also experiencing the same problem. The SDFSsvc.exe runs the processor continously at 70% to 100% which makes the system unstable; it makes the system un-accessible for hours at a time. So far, this new version of Spybot Search & Destroy is proving itself to be un-reliable whether its installed on its own or with other security software installed (doesn't matter which security program is installed alongside Spybot). I'm also experiencing much longer boot times up to and including 15 minutes delay at the Welcome screen and up to an hour or more once logged on for the system to become somewhat responsive to any user input. It also makes load times for programs much longer sometimes taking up to 15 minutes for a program to start.

System Information: Windows XP Professional SP3 32-Bit; P4 Prescott 3.0 GHz Hyper-Threaded; 2.5GB memory.

Thanks,

Tech83
 
drdancm said:
Uploading of error log failed. Says security token is missing. What is that?

This is Just one more thing to make things more difficult to help with the beta testing. Damn MS Windows makes getting the error files a PITA in the first place. Let me know where to e-mail error log please.
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Hello Dan,

this was an error message from our forum software vBulletin. I tried to reproduce this vBulletin-error by posting something and then later adding an attachment, but I did not happen to me.

Did you perhaps wait for a longer time between opening the "Manage Attachments" window and actually doing the upload of the file? Maybe your forum login wasn't valid anymore after that time.

You can also submit your bug report including an attachment via http://www.safer-networking.org/en/contact/bugs.html

Sorry for the inconvenience!

daemon
 
daemon said:
Hello Dan,

this was an error message from our forum software vBulletin. I tried to reproduce this vBulletin-error by posting something and then later adding an attachment, but I did not happen to me.

Did you perhaps wait for a longer time between opening the "Manage Attachments" window and actually doing the upload of the file? Maybe your forum login wasn't valid anymore after that time.

You can also submit your bug report including an attachment via http://www.safer-networking.org/en/contact/bugs.html

Sorry for the inconvenience!

daemon
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I did not wait at all, but on further testing I think my zip file (750k) is just over the stated file size limit.
I used your link and uploaded the error log file.

Thanks,

Dan
 
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SDFSSvc.exe is making my computer unusable

I am so bored with ending the process on this SDFSSvc.exe file. If I turn Spybot off it still comes back. There seems nothing I can do to stop it taking over my processor. I have already turned off Live Protection as it just runs every few seconds and makes using the computer tourture. It even runs on the same applications again and again. What is the point of that. I would have hoped to be able to add pps to a list of safe ones but no....

I agree with an earlier post that the control panel is over complex and difficult to understand. I have given up trying to work it out.

Right now I am going to uininstall spybot and give up on it. Waste of time in my mind ever having installed it... wish I hadn't now.:sad:
 
I have to echo Tech83 and Ron Hanney! It's hard to describe the frusration Live Protect causes. Once you get it to work right, you really need to allow it to ask about each program and as allow the user to mark it SAFE - ALWAYS, so it does not run the scan on the same safe program every time it is accessed.

I am sad to report that even though I had thought I had turned Live Protect off using the Settings in the Services Window. It comes back on every time I boot up my machine (once a day). Fortunately after wasting a lot of time during booting, it fails.

So, this time I went to Control Panel /Administrative Tools/Services found Spybot Live Protect and DISABLED IT.

I'll see whether it resurrects itself the next time I boot. I have to get some work done so I don't have time to spend testing it at this time.

Thanks,

Dan
 
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Hi! All,

The issue got so bad that I have had to temporarily un-install the program. Another part of Spybot that is supposed to help with this is the Create Whitelist function but it does not do much except speed up on-demand scans; the Whitelist function also really needs to allow the user to re-create the list as the user adds or removes programs or even installs updates to other programs. At this time I would definitely have to say the Spybot 2.0 is NOT ready for the general public to use. I hope to resume testing & provide more updates soon.

Tech83 :)
 
drdancm said:
I have to echo Tech83 and Ron Hanney! It's hard to describe the frusration Live Protect causes. Once you get it to work right, you really need to allow it to ask about each program and as allow the user to mark it SAFE - ALWAYS, so it does not run the scan on the same safe program every time it is accessed.

I am sad to report that even though I had thought I had turned Live Protect off using the Settings in the Services Window. It comes back on every time I boot up my machine (once a day). Fortunately after wasting a lot of time during booting, it fails.

So, this time I went to Control Panel /Administrative Tools/Services found Spybot Live Protect and DISABLED IT.

I'll see whether it resurrects itself the next time I boot. I have to get some work done so I don't have time to spend testing it at this time.

Thanks,

Dan
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I'm happy to report that disabling Live Protect using the steps I show above worked over multiple bootings of my comptuer. What a difference to have my computer boot-up really fast and respond right away.

No need to uninstall Spybot 2.xx Beta -just disable Live Protect if it is slowing your machine down.
 
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