Issue with Chrome

[overangry]

Has anyone else has experienced this?

What happens is after surfing the net for some hours using Chrome, my PC becomes sluggish.

CPU around 100%, rendering of web pages and graphics is slowed down considerably, download speed is reduced in my case to 34Mb/s.

At that moment, if I switch to FF, IE or opera the issues are no longer present, download speeds are back to
100 Mb/s

At first I thought it was Chrome, turning WSA off resolved all the issues in chrome instantly, enabling WSA right away and the issues were no longer present.

This has happened on multiple occasions over the last couple of weeks.

I uninstalled WSA for 2 days and ran the latest version of CIS, I had no issues at all.

Reinstalled WSA 8.0.0.60 and the issue is still present.

Win7, 64Bit, WSA Standard settings, no other security software installed.

I have also submitted this post to the WSA support team.

EDIT: FF also seems effected... Screen-shots taken within minutes of eachother

[PrevxHelp]

Could you let me know if you've ever changed the firewall settings within WSA? The support team will probably already be looking at your logs but it would be helpful to know this as well.

Thanks!

[overangry]

Originally Posted by PrevxHelp

Could you let me know if you've ever changed the firewall settings within WSA? The support team will probably already be looking at your logs but it would be helpful to know this as well.

Thanks!

I've used the Webroot Log-Gathering Utility. The next time this happens I will turn each component on and off to try to pinpoint the cause.
I've done this some weeks back, around vers. 8.0.0.40 but not so sure of the outcome. I believe there was no change. But I had family issues at the time and if anything it was done half heartedly.
I will take a closer look and report to the support team.

[overangry]

Hi Joe, if I disable the web-threat shield, my DL speeds return to normal as does the sluggishness of my system.

I can quickly induce the issue by going to Google maps, select satellite view then duplicate the page 10 - 15 times refresh each of the open pages.

After this, once all pages are loaded, you should notice the slow down.

Restarting the browser will not help, only disabling the web-threat shield or turning WSA on and off will restore correct functionality.

Also reported to WSA support

[PrevxHelp]

Could you try disabling Settings - Web Threat Shield - Analyze search engine results, and then close/re-open your browser to see if that works better?

Thanks!

[overangry]

Originally Posted by PrevxHelp

Could you try disabling Settings - Web Threat Shield - Analyze search engine results, and then close/re-open your browser to see if that works better?

Thanks!

Hi Joe, yes this does resolve the issue, I am going through this issue with your support team at the moment.
It appears they are aware of this issue.
Not to complicate things, I'll continue posting directly with support to avoid any confusion, i.e. cross posting.

Regards

[d0t]

I've got the same issue

[PrevxHelp]

Originally Posted by d0t

I've got the same issue

Does the same fix as what I suggested to overangry correct yours as well?

[d0t]

Originally Posted by PrevxHelp

Does the same fix as what I suggested to overangry correct yours as well?

It does

edit: my build is .66

When i open pages in Chrome my mouse lags very much and simple fast moving with the mouse in chrome gets my cpu to 100%. Also opening other aplications and minimizing them lags my mouse movement too. Any hint on what to disable in WSA? If i shut down WSA the problem is gone. Win7 64Bit.

[PrevxHelp]

Originally Posted by rolarocka

When i open pages in Chrome my mouse lags very much and simple fast moving with the mouse in chrome gets my cpu to 100%. Also opening other aplications and minimizing them lags my mouse movement too. Any hint on what to disable in WSA? If i shut down WSA the problem is gone. Win7 64Bit.

If you shut down WSA from the tray, does it correct the issue? I'd be surprised to hear WSA affecting mouse movement in other applications.

Thanks!

[overangry]

Originally Posted by PrevxHelp

If you shut down WSA from the tray, does it correct the issue? I'd be surprised to hear WSA affecting mouse movement in other applications.

Thanks!

Hi Joe, thanks for your continued interest in this issue.

I have had a remote session with Webroot to try to solve this issue.
It appeared fixed, only to return within two hours.
An excerpt of my mail to support on how the issue was resolved.

It has been running smooth now for 3 weeks


1. I removed Chrome then re-installed it without any extensions.
2. Removed Adobe flash player.

I removed flash player, manually cleaning the registry and leftover files, as I would intermittently receive a warning that flash player plugin was missing in chrome, which wasn't the case.
Also I had difficulty installing flash player.
I was instructed (in Chrome) to install the 64bit version and not the 32bit(I have the 64bit), the installer however is designed for both operating systems.
The fault did occur quicker if running flash required web pages.

I ran my system for one day, without issue.
What I did then is to re-install flash, so far my system is still running smooth.

Regards.