SBAMsvc.exe causing 100% CPU utilization

Obviously they still haven't fixed the problem completely...
Def Version 5489

Same problem here. Reason I bought Vipre was because it allowed multiple pc use with the home version. Have 2 XP boxes and when SBAMSvc runs nothing can be done on the computer. Takes forever to even open taskmanager. Changing the settings has no effect. Thing is it only does it randomly. Not every boot up. Will not be renewing though if this continues. I don't even have some of the settings with the version I have.

I see that this is still an issue. After all this time and still no actual solution I'm unhappy that I paid for a programme that causes so many issues.

Dump XP and install Ubuntu. My laptop is so much happier now, and so are my other big boxes. Instead of waiting for 5 minutes to do something after a re-boot (due to all the crap that's being discussed in this thread) I'm up and running in under a minute. Only a few things I regret not having, none of them so vital that I've learned to live without. WINE allows me to run most stuff that I wanted from Windows.

I had this problem for a very short while but now it all works fine - and much quicker/less resource-hogging than McAfee. That's with XP, although considering upgrading to Windows 7.

Once again I am surprised that so many people are having problems. I install Vipre on at least 5 systems daily and have the enterprise version running on over 200 computers. None of which have these problems. One company had a slow down issue when I first deployed Vipre but that was resolved by unchecking the scan files when opened and copied. There has to be something specific about these implementations causing your issues.

What level are you running your Active Protection at?

Do you update your windows system regularly?

Do you use software that might behave like malware?

I used to be a big fan of NOD32 for several years, until it became bloatware a couple of years ago, and started to bog machines down. Until then, I outfitted several enterprises with the product, and it was virtually invisible to users -- except that it worked. Once they started to bloat the product, Vipre hit the market, and seemed to be a viable answer as it was, initially, super fast and lightweight, and with this in mind the early price promotions made it hard to resist.

Unfortunately, within a few months, all the performance issues began, both in the work environment and at home. New machines, old machines, XP, Vista -- didn't make a difference. The product might run invisibly for weeks, and then suddenly tie up 100% of the CPU until a new signature was downloaded to fix the problem days later.

I really wanted to like the product, and feel more than a bit foolish having approved use of it across the board at one company and on half a dozen machines at home. I've got my IT guy taking another look at the marketplace to see what looks promising these days. At home, I pulled out Vipre and replaced it with free versions of Avast on half a dozen machines. Amazingly enough, we've had no infections since, and Avast seems to have little or no impact on system performance.

I wish I knew what to think about Vipre. For the first several months, it seemed that the community was very willing to play along and be supportive of Sunbelt's attempts to get the product to play nicely. I thought this "nice", but it seemed more like a shareware community than a support forum for a commercial product. That's nice, but I personally needed a commercial product to truly work like a commercial product. If Vipre ever gets back to being reliably lean, mean and effective, I'll consider coming back. But as long as I'm seeing threads with people complaining about the exact same issues as a year ago, and being told that the "answer" is to shut off product features, I'll remain on the sidelines watching.

- Jon

My solution is very simple: Goodbye System Suite. It used to be a great product, but not any more. I've had much fewer problems with free products.

Uninstalled. Bye and thanks for all the fish!

I also had serious issues especially when installing!.

It took longer than normal for the SS suite people to resolve the problem, and I also turned off features, but after all the windows updates & patience it worked out okay.

I also support other products now and need to get a competitors product just to insure that when I update to SS #10 I do not find myself in limbo for a week like I did with SS #9, but overall the product is above average!.

Duf