Freshclam AV suddenly using 50-80% CPU

[tomt]

[quote author=tomt link=topic=4307.msg32783#msg32783 date=1497010401]
Sorry. Glad you got it all sorted. Sometimes it`s the obvious we overlook. The only app using high resources on mine is Pulse Audio Control. Cheers.

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[bitsnpcs]

Hello maciaccio,

Jerry is working on a very nice ClamAv interface, you can follow updates and progress on this here -
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/on-to...for-linux/

[maciaccio]

I realized that I may not have installed the GUI for ClamAV, which is why it was not in the Whisker menu. I thought I had selected the GUI, but maybe the install didn't get that far because of the missing config file error msg.

I also realized that programs that run only from Terminal / command line show up with the gears icon if you search for it on Menu, but nothing will happen if you try to run it from there.

I also remembered that I put the 2nd hard drive - with my Data, NTFS, and 2nd Swap partition - back in the laptop last thing the night before...I had temporarily put it in a 2nd identical laptop I bought for parts/repair, just so it could boot to Linux Live to run some diagnostics. When booting back up with the drive in place, ClamAV may have been running a scan on it...but not on 2nd reboot, which may be why it seemed to be fixed. Just a guess.

Anyway, I've got Sophos now...not feeling like changing it again after the lengthy install process...using about 25% of RAM, but hey, what do you expect from a live anti-virus program on a 10-year old laptop with 2Gb RAM?

I'm protected and have my Samba shares all set up. Kodi can now see my media server folders and streams movies much better than the Plex Web Player. I'm good!

Thanks!