uTorrent 2.0 hogs all CPU time

[aseoi]

Like many others uTorrent 2.0 is hogging all my CPU time and I can't see why! It seems to happen randomly sometimes but I recall that it once happened as soon as I tried to access the WebUI. I disabled WebUI but it still happens randomly. I haven't even downloaded anything for a couple of weeks.

The problems started with 2.0 and won't go away even in build 18296.

HijackThis:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA)

Scan saved at 23:49:36, on 2010-02-25

Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe

C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgrsx.exe

C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgcsrvx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\Program\Delade filer\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe

C:\Program\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

C:\Program\FileZilla Server\FileZilla Server.exe

C:\Program\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\Program\Microsoft LifeCam\MSCamS32.exe

C:\Program\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe

C:\Program\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\SeaPort\SeaPort.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\Program\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe

C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

C:\Program\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe

C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\Sven\Lokala inställningar\Application Data\Google\Update\1.2.183.17\GoogleCrashHandler.exe

C:\Program\Samurize\Client.exe

C:\Program\SpeedFan\speedfan.exe

C:\Program\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe

C:\Program\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

C:\Program\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe

C:\Program\Spotify\spotify.exe

C:\Program\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\Sven\Lokala inställningar\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\Sven\Lokala inställningar\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe

C:\Program\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = Länkar

O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgssie.dll (file missing)

O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:\Program\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\Search Helper\SEPsearchhelperie.dll

O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\Program\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll

O2 - BHO: Windows Live inloggningshjälpen - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program\Delade filer\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll

O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.5.4723.1820\swg.dll

O2 - BHO: Java Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll

O2 - BHO: FlashFXP Helper for Internet Explorer - {E5A1691B-D188-4419-AD02-90002030B8EE} - C:\Program\FlashFXP\IEFlash.dll

O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll

O3 - Toolbar: &Windows Live Toolbar - {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068} - C:\Program\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:\Program\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VX6000] C:\WINDOWS\vVX6000.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [soundMAXPnP] C:\Program\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [soundMAX] "C:\Program\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smax4.exe" /tray

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LifeCam] "C:\Program\Microsoft LifeCam\LifeExp.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [High Definition Audio Property Page Shortcut] HDAShCut.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FileZilla Server Interface] "C:\Program\FileZilla Server\FileZilla Server Interface.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG9_TRAY] C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:\Program\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [µTorrent] "C:\Program\uTorrent\utorrent.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\Sven\Lokala inställningar\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "C:\Program\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe" -autorun

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] "C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [FlashPlayerUpdate] C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe -p

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOKAL TJÄNST')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')

O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')

O4 - Startup: Client Default.lnk = C:\Program\Samurize\Client.exe

O4 - Startup: SpeedFan.lnk = C:\Program\SpeedFan\speedfan.exe

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search - ?p=ZNxmk570YYSE

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xportera till Microsoft Excel - res://C:\Program\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O8 - Extra context menu item: Google Sidewiki... - res://C:\Program\Google\Google Toolbar\Component\GoogleToolbarDynamic_mui_en_96D6FF0C6D236BF8.dll/cmsidewiki.html

O9 - Extra button: Blogga detta - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blogga detta i Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra button: Skicka till OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Ski&cka till OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll

O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\Program\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O16 - DPF: {001EE746-A1F9-460E-80AD-269E088D6A01} (Infotl Control) - http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/lib/gubselibrary/support/plugins/ebraryRdr.cab

O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1264979270984

O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1188509150875

O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:\Program\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveSystemServices.dll

O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgrsstarter - avgrsstx.dll (file missing)

O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll

O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll

O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program\Delade filer\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

O23 - Service: AVG Free WatchDog (avg9wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe

O23 - Service: Bonjour-tjänst (Bonjour Service) - Apple Inc. - C:\Program\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

O23 - Service: FileZilla Server FTP server (FileZilla Server) - FileZilla Project - C:\Program\FileZilla Server\FileZilla Server.exe

O23 - Service: Tjänsten Google Update (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe

O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program\Delade filer\InstallShield\Driver\1150\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe

O23 - Service: NMSAccessU - Unknown owner - C:\Program\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe

O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe

O23 - Service: ServiceLayer - Nokia. - C:\Program\PC Connectivity Solution\ServiceLayer.exe

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End of file - 10444 bytes

Process explorer:

Process PID CPU Description Company Name

System Idle Process 0 95.31

Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts

DPCs n/a 1.56 Deferred Procedure Calls

System 4 1.56

smss.exe 528 Sessionshanteraren i Windows NT Microsoft Corporation

csrss.exe 592 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation

winlogon.exe 616 Inloggningsprogram för Windows NT Microsoft Corporation

services.exe 660 Tjänst- och styrenhetsprogram Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 840 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

wlcomm.exe 3696 Windows Live Communications Platform Microsoft Corporation

wmiprvse.exe 2268 WMI Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 888 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 956 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

wscntfy.exe 1024 Windows Security Center Notification App Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 992 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1172 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1272 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

spoolsv.exe 1520 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1604 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1644 Apple Mobile Device Service Apple Inc.

avgwdsvc.exe 1656 AVG Watchdog Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

mDNSResponder.exe 1692 Bonjour Service Apple Inc.

FileZilla server.exe 1816 FileZilla Server FileZilla Project

jqs.exe 220 Java Quick Starter Service Sun Microsystems, Inc.

MSCamS32.exe 484 MsCamSvc.exe Microsoft Corporation

NMSAccessU.exe 400

nvsvc32.exe 588 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 81.85 NVIDIA Corporation

SeaPort.exe 980 Microsoft SeaPort Search Enhancement Broker Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1244 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

wdfmgr.exe 1472 Windows User Mode Driver Manager Microsoft Corporation

alg.exe 3144 Application Layer Gateway Service Microsoft Corporation

iPodService.exe 3444 iPodService Module Apple Inc.

msiexec.exe 636 Windows® installer Microsoft Corporation

lsass.exe 672 LSA Shell (Export Version) Microsoft Corporation

avgchsvx.exe 1048 AVG Cache Server AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

avgrsx.exe 1056 AVG Resident Shield Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

avgcsrvx.exe 1264 AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

explorer.exe 312 Utforskaren Microsoft Corporation

GrooveMonitor.exe 2324 GrooveMonitor Utility Microsoft Corporation

msmsgs.exe 2400 Windows Messenger Microsoft Corporation

ctfmon.exe 2460 CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation

daemon.exe 2528 DAEMON Tools Lite DT Soft Ltd

GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe 2548 GoogleToolbarNotifier Google Inc.

Client.exe 2772 Samurize.com

speedfan.exe 2892 Almico Software (www.almico.com)

msnmsgr.exe 1764 Windows Live Messenger Microsoft Corporation

spotify.exe 2888 Spotify Spotify AB

GoogleCrashHandler.exe 2584 Google Installer Google Inc.

utorrent.exe 2768 µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.

chrome.exe 336 Google Chrome Google Inc.

chrome.exe 556 Google Chrome Google Inc.

WinRAR.exe 1232 WinRAR archiver Alexander Roshal

procexp.exe 1700 1.56 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

[Firon]

Turn off the 'alternate port' function in the webui and restart.

[aseoi]

Thank you, that did the trick.

For anyone else having this problem: I had turned off the WebUI but the alternate port checkbox was still checked. So I turned on WebUI, unchecked the alternate port checkbox, turned off WebUI, shut down uTorrent and then started it again. Then I enabled WebUI again, with the alternate port as well and now everything is dandy.

So what's the cause of this anyways?

[GTHK]

Bad bug

[aseoi]

Actually I noticed the problem was back today. The CPU usage was sky rocketing again and I hadn't even tried to access the WebUI. I'll try turning off the alternate port and see what happens.

[rafi]

try see if setting gui.transparent_graph_legend to false helps

[Switeck]

We never did see your Process Explorer DLL list, like the troubleshooting guide asks.

If a hostile DLL is deep-linking into utorrent.exe, that could easily cause high cpu use.