Sunsetlover8 ✭

Thank you all and sorry I didn't reply sooner. Product updated to 26.0.25.84 on Aug 27. I still get TrustedInstaller.exe for about 4-5 min on start-up (taking up to 30% of CPU), followed by BDservicehost taking up to 20-25% of CPU (but a whopping 360 MB of memory) for another 2 min.

Thanks Alexandru. I'm very puzzled why you don't recognize that process. When I right click on it->Properties, I get the attached photo. What about DiscoverySrv? I'll try the "high priority" mode in scans and report.

Thanks very much for the info. A couple of more observations/questions if you will. From the background processes I listed, which ones can be safely stopped? When Windows loads, just these processes take up about 600-700 MB of memory. When scanning, that can easily go up to 900 MB. What do Discoverysrv.exe and…

Thank you both very much. Sorry I didn't reply sooner, as I had not seen the notifications. @Alexandru_BD One thing I don't like about this free version is that one cannot select the automatic "threat actions" to be taken when it detects malicious files. The button is greyed out. Also I don't see that it's possible to…