Well would you care to tell us what is causing it ?
It isn't just saying that ashServ.exe is using the CPU, what we need to determine is what is the activity it is scanning.I know that.
Is this Trend anti-spyware part of a suite ?
Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?
Edit:
Vlk, always says that the guidelines for solving of the problem "ashServ.exe using too much CPU" has always been the same:
1. Check if the avast tray icon is spinning (while CPU usage is high)
2. If it is, click it (wait for the dialog box to open), and check which file is being scanned (the Last Scanned field); the Scanned Count value should be increasing (spinning icon means a scan is in progress)
3. Find out which of the providers is scanning the file (click "Details" button and check out the Last Scanned value for each of the providers). The most common providers that may cause this are Standard Shield, P2P Shield and IM Shield.
C:/Program Files/Trend Micro/Tmasy/ssapi.logWhat happens if you add this file to the Exclusion lists?
I've never had to do that beforeThere is always a first time...
and didn't know if it would affect Trend Micro at all.It shouldn't...
That shouldn't do anything to Trend Micro right? It should only stop Avast from scanning that file?Yes.
Can you check the list of exclusions that it really contains the *.log entry?I don't have it by default either...
Well the *.log entry is in my standard shield exclusions and I certainly didn't add it.Well, I'm checking on Vista and they're not there.
This isn't easily done because you can't expand the window to display all of them (there are a lot) and you can't copy the list.f2 will allow to rename, you can copy from there... ok, a little extra-work ;D
C:\WINDOWS\CSC\?0??????
- to avoid the ??? smiley
?:\PAGEFILE.SYSMine has only these ones on Standard Shield of Vista... something that I've missed before. Sorry, Vlk.
*.TXT
*.LOG
*.INII've added just these ones.
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.TMP
*\_AVAST4_\UNP*.TMP
C:\WINDOWS\WINSXS\*.POLICYThese I have on XP.
*\EDB.CHK
C:\*\XJ8OV5FX.DEFCSC\*.TMPNever saw these ones...
C:\WINDOWS\CSC\