Guest Richard_uk Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 I have just loaded Bit Torrent 7.5.1It seems to consume a lot of system resources - CPU is running at between 60 and 90% of capacity.Plus the application istelf responds very sluggishly.The previous version was much fasrer to respond and use less resources.Am i dong something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 What internet security software do you have installed?Do you have any dock programs like rocketdock installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richard uk Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 What internet security software do you have installed?Do you have any dock programs like rocketdock installed?Thank you HaroldFurther investigation suggests a conflict with Zone alarm fee firewall.When I disable zone alarm and run with the XP firewall (I know - inadequate) things go very well.I have tried to fiddle around with Zone alarm to no effect.In addition I run Avira pro and Malwarebytes pr both in continuous operation and they seem to be fine with bit torrent.Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 The windows firewall is actually better than ZoneAlarm in a lot of cases, but finding something better than ZA is definitely highly recommended.Additionally, ZoneAlarm has a history of causing problems like this that is years old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richard Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 The windows firewall is actually better than ZoneAlarm in a lot of cases, but finding something better than ZA is definitely highly recommended.Additionally, ZoneAlarm has a history of causing problems like this that is years old now.Thanks again Harold,I am uisng XP which I am told has a pretty weak firewall.But the default would be to stay with it rather than use ZA.I know this is a bit off topic for you - but can you suggest any firewalls that are stronger than XP and are compatible with BT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Comodo is one that I've seen get used a lot.The thing is, if you have a router, a software firewall is basically useless. By the time anything gets past the router, it could trivially turn off your software firewall or add itself as an exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richard_uk Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Thanks Harold.I didnt know that. Makes sense though.Things working well now - so on the basis that I do have a router I will leave well alone.But will keep comodo in mind.Thnak you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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