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iriejedi
May 1, 2005, 09:58 AM
Has anyone else noticed that under Tiger that CPU activity is much more active under 'IDLE' conditions? Even activity monitor show nothing running but contradicts %user use value (see picture)

My CPUs site at or near 50% even with nothing running. Could this be Dashboard? Spotlight appears to be idle (ie not indexing). Just curious as under 10.3.9 idle meant 1 or two bars of activity not half of them.

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iriejedi
May 1, 2005, 10:05 AM
Found Problem

VShield Check - part of Virex - hmmmm is this necessary?
Fredstar
May 1, 2005, 10:16 AM
i think Vshield has something to do with Virex, have you got it installed?
I really don't know why people have it and why .mac adds it as a free app download. It only removes Windows viruses...which don't effect the Mac, unless you are in a Office environment and wish not to pass them onto the windoze users.
I suggest removing Virex completely, it is useless
daveL
May 1, 2005, 10:19 AM
Vshield is Virex, which doesn't run correctly on Tiger. That's why it is no longer offered on .Mac. Uninstall it. This is a well known issue.
maya
May 1, 2005, 10:24 AM
Vshield is Virex, which doesn't run correctly on Tiger. That's why it is no longer offered on .Mac. Uninstall it. This is a well known issue.

That is true, I believe some users here already stated that Virex taxes the CPU a lot. Conclusion: get rid of it. :)
iriejedi
May 1, 2005, 10:26 AM
Vshield is Virex, which doesn't run correctly on Tiger. That's why it is no longer offered on .Mac. Uninstall it. This is a well known issue.


Yup my bad! It was Virex.

Deleted and SURPRISE - problem went away!

Thank you!