Comodo BOClean

To those of you who run BOClean as a standard part of their security:
Have you noticed sometimes after a restart that BOclean will eat up about 50% of your CPU? I'd say once out of every 6 or 8 startups/restarts, it exhibits this behavior. I have let it just sit with nothing else running and it seems to stay at 50% CPU usage until I use the task manager to end it. I then go to All Programs > Comodo and start it up again and it's fine. If I right click on the system tray BOClean icon and open the menu, the menu comes up but when I move the pointer to it to click on something, it turns to the hourglass and I can't click on anything and I have to close it with the task manager. Has anybody else had BOclean do this? It didn't happen with v4.26; it has happened maybe 6 times since I updated to v4.27.

[dlb]

 

dlb, using v4.27 as well, no problems here. Just to experiment, restarted ten time without issues in TM. On XP Pro SP3. Cheers

 

This link gives you some information as to why BOClean takes so long on (re)boot and CPU spikes. http://forums.comodo.com/comodo_boc..._spike_in_admin_accountresolved-t25967.0.html

Hope it helps.

BTW: I used BOClean before but deleted it. It also caused some "hourglass hanging" after clicking on one of the options.

 

I don't stare at CPU usage either. I noticed some web pages were opening MUCH slower than usual (all web sites usually open almost instantly; I have a fast PC, and a fast broadband connection). And it is a prolonged situation: when the CPU usage spikes to 50% with BOclean, it stays there until I end the process in the task manager. I have just let it sit for 10-15 minutes without usage going back to normal (which is about 1%-3%). I had a drive-by infection a couple weeks ago and thought maybe something was lingering so I opened the task manager and noticed that BOclean was at 50% CPU usage. I first noticed it about 2 months ago but I kind of forgot about it until yesterday when it happened again. As I was typing up this thread, I remembered that it has happened a few times. According to Comodo, it's normal 'cuz BOclean is scanning the memory upon booting (thanks for the link oma). Maybe I can disable that option in the settings. But since I have everyone's attention: is there another app similar to BOclean that will offer similar protection (preferably free)? I've been looking at ThreatFire....

 

Yeah- the spiking does last for a long time. It stays there until I end the process with the task manager. Then I just go to All Programs and restart BOclean and it's fine after that. The next time it happens, just for testing purposes, maybe I'll go have a pizza and a six pack just to see if it ever goes back to normal on its own. Like I said, I've waited for 10-15 minutes without any change; it stays at a minimum of 48% usage and up to 51% usage. But since it rarely happens (only on reboots, and then only one in 6 or 8 boots) I might just live with it. Maybe I'll try uninstalling/reinstalling.

 

to dlb, if you decided to do what Mark just said,(clean uninstall/reinstall) would you be kind enough to post your results here?
thank you
scott

 

Maybe try switching to manual updates for a while instead of automatic. See if that makes a difference.

 

OK- I have done an uninstall/cleaning/reinstall. Now we just have to wait and see. If it ever happens again, I'll post here....

:-D