µTorrent regularly freezing for a few minutes

[Fusyion]

Hello there, I've been a very happy user of µTorrent for many years now, but recently my µTorrent has decided to stop liking me. On startup, it almost immediately, usually within 1 minute, freezes up and remains in an unresponsive state for several minutes. I have made no hardware nor software changes that could have caused this issue, at least as far as I am aware. In addition, when I attempt to kill the process through the task manager, it won't shut down for several minutes.

Here are a few things I have attempted to alleviate the problem, alas, to no success:

- Reinstalled µTorrent (latest stable version)

- Installed µTorrent 3.0 beta

- Cleared out the %appdata%\uTorrent folder

- Ran several virus scans and anti-spyware scans

- Disabled AVG's Resident Shield

- Disabled Windows Firewall

- Started µTorrent in safe mode (it did not freeze up here)

Thank you very much in advance. I'd be forever grateful if someone would be able to solve this frustrating issue for me.

Here are my Hijack This and Process Explorer logs. I've scanned through them, but I haven't been able to spot anything odd. Lastly, I am running Windows 7 x64.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4

Scan saved at 19:01:55, on 14-5-2011

Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16421)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\Program Files\Fraps\fraps.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ray Adams\ATI Tray Tools\atitray.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\HydraVision\HydraGrd.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\Snagit32.exe

C:\wamp\wampmanager.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Xfire\Xfire.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\zeDyn\zeDyn.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\TSCHelp.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\SnagPriv.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\snagiteditor.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 7\firefox.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 7\plugin-container.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

C:\Users\fusyion\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

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

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

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

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm

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

F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe

O2 - BHO: SnagIt Toolbar Loader - {00C6482D-C502-44C8-8409-FCE54AD9C208} - C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\SnagitBHO.dll

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL

O2 - BHO: Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

O2 - BHO: SkypeIEPluginBHO - {AE805869-2E5C-4ED4-8F7B-F1F7851A4497} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll

O2 - BHO: URLRedirectionBHO - {B4F3A835-0E21-4959-BA22-42B3008E02FF} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office14\URLREDIR.DLL

O2 - BHO: Ask Toolbar BHO - {D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll

O2 - BHO: Java Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll

O2 - BHO: Microsoft Web Test Recorder 10.0 Helper - {DDA57003-0068-4ed2-9D32-4D1EC707D94D} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.RecorderBarBHO100.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Snagit - {8FF5E183-ABDE-46EB-B09E-D2AAB95CABE3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\SnagitIEAddin.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Foxit PDF Creator Toolbar - {D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG9_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~2\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [startCCC] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AtiTrayTools] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Ray Adams\ATI Tray Tools\atitray.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Grid] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\HydraVision\HydraGrd.exe"

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O4 - Startup: Fraps.lnk = C:\Program Files\Fraps\fraps.exe

O4 - Startup: wampmanager.exe - Shortcut.lnk = C:\wamp\wampmanager.exe

O4 - Startup: Xfire.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\Xfire\Xfire.exe

O4 - Startup: zeDyn.exe - Shortcut.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\zeDyn\zeDyn.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Snagit 10.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\Snagit32.exe

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office14\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O9 - Extra button: Skype Plug-In - {898EA8C8-E7FF-479B-8935-AEC46303B9E5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Skype Plug-In - {898EA8C8-E7FF-479B-8935-AEC46303B9E5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll

O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll

O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll

O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\vmware\vmware workstation\vsocklib.dll

O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\vmware\vmware workstation\vsocklib.dll

O11 - Options group: [ACCELERATED_GRAPHICS] Accelerated graphics

O16 - DPF: {F6ACF75C-C32C-447B-9BEF-46B766368D29} (Creative Software AutoUpdate Support Package) - http://ccfiles.creative.com/Web/softwareupdate/su2/ocx/15112/CTPID.cab

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{580E1DC1-DCB7-475B-A9D8-A34FA86C13A3}: NameServer = 192.168.1.1

O18 - Protocol: skype-ie-addon-data - {91774881-D725-4E58-B298-07617B9B86A8} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll

O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\skype4com.dll

O18 - Filter hijack: text/xml - {807573E5-5146-11D5-A672-00B0D022E945} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\MSOXMLMF.DLL

O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrssta.dll

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: AVG Free WatchDog (avg9wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe

O23 - Service: BsHelpCS - IVT Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\IVT Corporation\BlueSoleil\BsHelpCS.exe

O23 - Service: BsMobileCS - IVT Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\IVT Corporation\BlueSoleil\BsMobileCS.exe

O23 - Service: Creative ALchemy AL6 Licensing Service - Creative Labs - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Creative Labs Shared\Service\AL6Licensing.exe

O23 - Service: Creative Audio Engine Licensing Service - Creative Labs - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Creative Labs Shared\Service\CTAELicensing.exe

O23 - Service: Creative Audio Service (CTAudSvcService) - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Shared Files\CTAudSvc.exe

O23 - Service: Dragon Age: Origins - Content Updater (DAUpdaterSvc) - BioWare - C:\Program Files (x86)\Dragon Age\bin_ship\DAUpdaterSvc.Service.exe

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: FileZilla Server FTP server (FileZilla Server) - FileZilla Project - C:\Program Files (x86)\FileZilla Server\FileZilla Server.exe

O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service 64 - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService64.exe

O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe

O23 - Service: Google Update-service (gupdatem) (gupdatem) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe

O23 - Service: Intel® Matrix Storage Event Monitor (IAANTMON) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAANTMon.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: KMService - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\srvany.exe

O23 - Service: mental ray 3.8 Satellite for Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 64-bit 64-bit (mi-raysat_3dsmax2011_64) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\mentalimages\satellite\raysat_3dsmax2011_64server.exe

O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Internet Pass-Through Service (PassThru Service) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\HTC\Internet Pass-Through\PassThruSvr.exe

O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: ServiceLayer - Nokia. - C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Connectivity Solution\ServiceLayer.exe

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\sppsvc.exe,-101 (sppsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe

O23 - Service: TunngleService - Tunngle.net GmbH - C:\Program Files (x86)\Tunngle\TnglCtrl.exe

O23 - Service: VMware Agent Service (ufad-ws60) - VMware, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-ufad.exe

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vaultsvc.dll,-1003 (VaultSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: VisualSVN Server (VisualSVNServer) - Apache Software Foundation - C:\Program Files (x86)\VisualSVN Server\bin\VisualSVNServer.exe

O23 - Service: VMware Authorization Service (VMAuthdService) - VMware, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-authd.exe

O23 - Service: VMware DHCP Service (VMnetDHCP) - VMware, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\vmnetdhcp.exe

O23 - Service: VMware USB Arbitration Service (VMUSBArbService) - VMware, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VMware\USB\vmware-usbarbitrator.exe

O23 - Service: VMware NAT Service - VMware, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\vmnat.exe

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: wampapache - Apache Software Foundation - c:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.11\bin\httpd.exe

O23 - Service: wampmysqld - Unknown owner - c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.36\bin\mysqld.exe

O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Wat\WatUX.exe,-601 (WatAdminSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: @%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Zune Windows Mobile Connectivity Service (WMZuneComm) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\WMZuneComm.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Zune Network Sharing Service (ZuneNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\ZuneNss.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Zune Wireless Configuration Service (ZuneWlanCfgSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\ZuneWlanCfgSvc.exe (file missing)

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Process PID CPU Private Bytes Working Set Description Company Name

System Idle Process 0 95.39 0 K 24 K

System 4 0.06 504 K 133.372 K

Interrupts n/a 0.86 0 K 0 K Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

smss.exe 344 560 K 1.196 K Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation

csrss.exe 440 < 0.01 2.612 K 4.960 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation

conhost.exe 1216 < 0.01 1.240 K 3.200 K Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation

csrss.exe 544 0.28 56.228 K 33.764 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation

wininit.exe 552 1.732 K 4.744 K Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation

avgchsva.exe 572 < 0.01 138.204 K 6.228 K AVG Cache Server AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

avgrsa.exe 580 < 0.01 3.912 K 972 K AVG Resident Shield Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

avgcsrva.exe 636 34.284 K 1.920 K AVG Scanning Core Module - Server Part AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

services.exe 732 < 0.01 5.604 K 12.096 K Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 356 < 0.01 5.676 K 11.552 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

dllhost.exe 3464 8.076 K 12.400 K COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation

wlcomm.exe 3828 < 0.01 21.408 K 23.584 K Windows Live Communications Platform Microsoft Corporation

winamp.exe 3616 0.48 43.596 K 54.616 K Winamp Nullsoft, Inc.

WmiPrvSE.exe 5472 2.976 K 6.624 K WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation

WmiPrvSE.exe 7224 2.808 K 6.432 K WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation

dllhost.exe 6728 < 0.01 5.088 K 8.092 K COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 964 5.148 K 9.604 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

atiesrxx.exe 1056 1.740 K 4.560 K AMD External Events Service Module AMD

atieclxx.exe 1568 2.364 K 6.324 K AMD External Events Client Module AMD

svchost.exe 1108 0.02 19.732 K 23.840 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

audiodg.exe 5620 0.62 20.292 K 21.176 K Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1148 < 0.01 144.092 K 150.840 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

WUDFHost.exe 1620 < 0.01 4.228 K 9.920 K Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process Microsoft Corporation

WUDFHost.exe 1728 3.120 K 8.424 K Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process Microsoft Corporation

dwm.exe 4996 4.700 K 7.972 K Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1180 0.01 30.628 K 49.920 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

taskeng.exe 4512 4.696 K 7.688 K Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation

fraps.exe 4660 0.01 25.608 K 1.804 K Fraps Beepa P/L

fraps64.dat 7064 < 0.01 4.584 K 528 K Fraps Beepa P/L

CTAudSvc.exe 1328 1.348 K 4.384 K Creative Audio Service Creative Technology Ltd

svchost.exe 1500 < 0.01 11.168 K 18.400 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1788 < 0.01 14.636 K 19.356 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

spoolsv.exe 1908 7.936 K 14.632 K Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1940 < 0.01 22.404 K 25.400 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

avgwdsvc.exe 1396 < 0.01 7.888 K 2.472 K AVG Watchdog Service AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

svchost.exe 1872 < 0.01 7.160 K 63.612 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

srvany.exe 1376 876 K 3.040 K

raysat_3dsmax2011_64server.exe 1916 1.260 K 4.108 K

sqlservr.exe 2072 142.212 K 2.036 K SQL Server Windows NT - 64 Bit Microsoft Corporation

PassThruSvr.exe 2432 1.336 K 3.356 K PassThruSvr Application

PnkBstrA.exe 2512 < 0.01 1.236 K 4.188 K

sqlwriter.exe 2540 2.360 K 6.756 K SQL Server VSS Writer - 64 Bit Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 2568 2.000 K 5.724 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

TnglCtrl.exe 2624 < 0.01 7.712 K 7.796 K Tunngle Service Tunngle.net GmbH

VisualSVNServer.exe 2740 4.328 K 9.116 K Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation

VisualSVNServer.exe 2984 < 0.01 9.228 K 11.072 K Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation

vmware-usbarbitrator.exe 2764 < 0.01 2.516 K 5.496 K VMware USB Arbitration Service VMware, Inc.

vmnat.exe 2788 < 0.01 1.500 K 4.372 K VMware NAT Service VMware, Inc.

WLIDSVC.EXE 2820 6.112 K 15.444 K Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service Microsoft Corporation

WLIDSVCM.EXE 3524 1.464 K 3.368 K Microsoft® Windows Live ID Service Monitor Microsoft Corporation

IAANTmon.exe 2860 2.380 K 6.628 K RAID Monitor Intel Corporation

vmware-authd.exe 2896 6.020 K 10.688 K VMware Authorization Service VMware, Inc.

vmnetdhcp.exe 3280 1.324 K 3.996 K VMware VMnet DHCP service VMware, Inc.

SearchIndexer.exe 3588 < 0.01 47.680 K 31.576 K Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation

SearchProtocolHost.exe 2452 < 0.01 3.860 K 7.356 K Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Microsoft Corporation

SearchFilterHost.exe 1604 3.324 K 7.176 K Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host Microsoft Corporation

BsHelpCS.exe 3648 2.096 K 6.184 K Bluetooth Application IVT Corporation

svchost.exe 3888 2.572 K 6.176 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation

taskhost.exe 4536 13.880 K 14.960 K Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation

taskhost.exe 5684 11.620 K 14.484 K Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation

httpd.exe 5180 10.872 K 14.776 K Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation

httpd.exe 6048 < 0.01 14.212 K 15.604 K Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation

mysqld.exe 1768 < 0.01 36.152 K 16.100 K

PresentationFontCache.exe 3988 28.752 K 22.584 K PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation

wmpnetwk.exe 7140 5.032 K 3.868 K Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation

OSPPSVC.EXE 6180 4.172 K 11.724 K Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform Service Microsoft Corporation

lsass.exe 740 5.896 K 14.016 K Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation

lsm.exe 748 3.584 K 6.860 K Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation

winlogon.exe 668 3.752 K 9.068 K Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation

explorer.exe 5020 0.06 65.796 K 91.824 K Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation

LCDMon.exe 4280 0.03 11.740 K 16.732 K Logitech LCD Manager Logitech Inc.

LGDCore.exe 4372 0.01 24.992 K 31.496 K Logitech G-series Profiler Logitech Inc.

firefox.exe 4000 0.12 597.204 K 616.332 K Firefox Mozilla Corporation

plugin-container.exe 3820 0.61 211.432 K 128.904 K Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation

IAAnotif.exe 4364 5.372 K 9.192 K Event Monitor User Notification Tool Intel Corporation

atitray.exe 4508 0.01 34.156 K 19.388 K ATI Tray Tools Ray Adams

HydraGrd.exe 4528 4.004 K 7.268 K HydraGrid Application

Grid64.exe 4448 4.148 K 6.332 K Grid64.exe AMD

msnmsgr.exe 4608 < 0.01 45.092 K 59.260 K Windows Live Messenger Microsoft Corporation

Snagit32.exe 4688 14.228 K 25.752 K Snagit TechSmith Corporation

TscHelp.exe 5552 3.872 K 6.432 K TechSmith HTML Help Helper TechSmith Corporation

SnagPriv.exe 5572 1.780 K 5.740 K Snagit RPC Helper TechSmith Corporation

SnagitEditor.exe 6096 0.02 23.684 K 42.796 K Snagit Editor TechSmith Corporation

splwow64.exe 6208 < 0.01 1.844 K 5.300 K Print driver host for 32bit applications Microsoft Corporation

TSVNCache.exe 4756 8.072 K 10.752 K TortoiseSVN status cache http://tortoisesvn.net

wampmanager.exe 4580 < 0.01 4.964 K 10.304 K Aestan Tray Menu Aestan Software

Xfire.exe 1548 0.16 55.088 K 14.300 K Xfire Xfire Inc.

xfire64.exe 5288 0.01 4.556 K 11.060 K

xfire64.exe 6848 0.01 4.512 K 10.908 K

zeDyn.exe 1420 6.124 K 13.132 K Prime Data Corp.

WinRAR.exe 8108 < 0.01 14.500 K 21.604 K WinRAR archiver Alexander Roshal

procexp.exe 7564 1.704 K 6.140 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

procexp64.exe 5932 0.88 42.488 K 62.844 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

uTorrent.exe 8116 0.16 9.776 K 16.424 K µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.

avgtray.exe 5224 < 0.01 8.412 K 2.892 K AVG Tray Monitor AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

MOM.exe 5304 < 0.01 45.176 K 5.440 K Catalyst Control Center: Monitoring program Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

CCC.exe 5744 0.01 197.708 K 6.116 K Catalyst Control Center: Host application ATI Technologies Inc.

SndVol.exe 5696 0.14 14.984 K 17.756 K Volume Mixer Microsoft Corporation

Process: uTorrent.exe Pid: 8116

Name Description Company Name Version

locale.nls

SortDefault.nls

R000000000005.clb

index.dat

StaticCache.dat

index.dat

index.dat

raphook.dll

oleaut32.dll Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

uTorrent.exe µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 3.0.0.25277

advapi32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

wow64cpu.dll AMD64 Wow64 CPU Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

apisetschema.dll ApiSet Schema DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

msasn1.dll ASN.1 Runtime APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

cryptbase.dll Base cryptographic API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

clbcatq.dll COM+ Configuration Catalog Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.8530.16385

comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

credssp.dll Credential Delegation Security Package Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

crypt32.dll Crypto API32 Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

cryptsp.dll Cryptographic Service Provider API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dhcpcsvc.dll DHCP Client Service Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dhcpcsvc6.dll DHCPv6 Client Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dnsapi.dll DNS Client API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17570

fraps32.dll Fraps Beepa P/L 3.2.3.11796

FWPUCLNT.DLL FWP/IPsec User-Mode API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

gdi32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

msimg32.dll GDIEXT Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

sechost.dll Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

HydraGH.dll Hydravision GridHook DLL AMD 4.2.14.0

wininet.dll Internet Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 9.0.8112.16421

IPHLPAPI.DLL IP Helper API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

lpk.dll Language Pack Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

winmm.dll MCI API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

dwmapi.dll Microsoft Desktop Window Manager API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

rsaenh.dll Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

uxtheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

mswsock.dll Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

msvcr90.dll Microsoft® C Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 9.0.30729.5570

msvcr71.dll Microsoft® C Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 7.10.3052.4

WLIDNSP.DLL Microsoft® Windows Live ID Namespace Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.500.3165.0

msctf.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

imm32.dll Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

user32.dll Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

npmproxy.dll Network List Manager Proxy Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

winnsi.dll Network Store Information RPC interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

nsi.dll NSI User-mode interface DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

urlmon.dll OLE32 Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 9.0.8112.16421

psapi.dll Process Status Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

rasadhlp.dll Remote Access AutoDial Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

rpcrt4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

RpcRtRemote.dll Remote RPC Extension Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

iertutil.dll Run time utility for Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation 9.0.8112.16421

secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

sspicli.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

shfolder.dll Shell Folder Service Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

shlwapi.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

schannel.dll TLS / SSL Security Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

normaliz.dll Unicode Normalization DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

usp10.dll Uniscribe Unicode script processor Microsoft Corporation 1.626.7601.17514

comctl32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.10.7601.17514

profapi.dll User Profile Basic API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

userenv.dll Userenv Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

version.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

wow64.dll Win32 Emulation on NT64 Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ncrypt.dll Windows cryptographic library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

bcryptprimitives.dll Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

bcrypt.dll Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library (Wow64) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

FirewallAPI.dll Windows Firewall API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

msi.dll Windows Installer Microsoft Corporation 5.0.7601.17514

kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

KernelBase.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.0.7600.16385

shell32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ws2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

wsock32.dll Windows Socket 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

winspool.drv Windows Spooler Driver Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

WSHTCPIP.DLL Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv4) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

wship6.dll Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv6) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

wow64win.dll Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

xfire_toucan_44183.dll Xfire Toucan DLL Xfire Inc. 1.0.0.44183

[Fusyion]

Shameless bump. Still hoping someone will be able to give me a hand here.

[s0n0f4sun]

Do you try to remove the check mark from the settings: caching when reading from disk

Maybe, trouble in there way... try to manage cach options.

Good luck

[Fusyion]

Thank you very much for your response Mr s0n0f4sun. I have made tried the suggestions you made but unfortunately they did not resolve my problem.

[GTHK]

raphook.dll

HydraGH.dll Hydravision GridHook DLL AMD 4.2.14.0

xfire_toucan_44183.dll Xfire Toucan DLL Xfire Inc. 1.0.0.44183

potential sources of interference. When dealing with av and firewall software besides windows firewall, 'disabling' components is no good, a full uninstall is needed to be sure.

[Fusyion]

Thank you for your response, Mr GTHK. Some clarifications: raphook.dll is a hook required for ATI Tray Tools, HydraGH.dll is a hook that is used by HydraGrid which lets me manage my desktop and its windows (useful for EyeFinity users) and Xfire is a gaming/chatting program.

As I mentioned my µTorrent has been working flawlessly for a long time and I doubt any of those programs is the culprit. Nonetheless, I will uninstall them one by one and see if it solves the issue.

[Fusyion]

I uninstalled the programs as per your suggestions, Mr GTHK, but alas it did not produce the desired results.

[GTHK]

Seems like this'll be a toughie and you might not get anywhere. Not having the issue in safe mode is mildly interesting, is something spiking CPU? Right-click PE's column header I think and you can add CPU history somewhere. Are you using a VPN? New PE+dll log? The Win7 a host or a guest? Do a fresh %appdata%/utorrent and choose a low speed settings preset?

[Snik]

Have you resolved your problem? I am having the same issue. Win7 64 as well. I've tried the same things as you, to no avail.

[Firon]

Which version of 3.0?

[Snik]

Dunno, the latest I guess. Tried 1.6, 1.8 and the newest 3.0 that I dl-ed today just to see if the problem went away.

Eventually got tired of troubleshooting and searching the forums after 3+ hours and installed qBittorrent.. Seems OK so far, maybe something for OP to consider. Good luck.

[Firon]

Can you try it again but turn off UPnP and NAT-PMP in the settings?

[Snik]

Can you try it again but turn off UPnP and NAT-PMP in the settings?

That actually seems to work! Wow! I've only had the application open for ~5mins and I'm still re-loading all the previous .torrents I had in it, but so far it seems to work. It wasn't this stable before doing the changes you suggested, so looking good thus far.

Thank you for bringing me back from the dark side (qBittorrent, Deluge, etc)

[Fusyion]

First of all, my apologies for not responding to this thread in some time: I haven't had the time to do more troubleshooting.

Secondly, as per Mr Firon's suggestion I've disabled UPnP and NAT-PMP and µTorrent hasn't crashed yet.

Can you try it again but turn off UPnP and NAT-PMP in the settings?

It's been running stable now for roughly ten minutes, whereas it usually crashed in less than one. Therefore, it seems to be fixed.

Because my µTorrent has been working without problems for years (with both those settings enabled), would someone be able to clarify why it suddenly decided to stop crashing/freezing up?

Lastly, will I experience any disadvantages in speed with these settings disabled?

In any case, thank you for solving the problem.

[Snik]

First of all, my apologies for not responding to this thread in some time: I haven't had the time to do more troubleshooting.

Secondly, as per Mr Firon's suggestion I've disabled UPnP and NAT-PMP and µTorrent hasn't crashed yet.

Can you try it again but turn off UPnP and NAT-PMP in the settings?

It's been running stable now for roughly ten minutes, whereas it usually crashed in less than one. Therefore, it seems to be fixed.

Because my µTorrent has been working without problems for years (with both those settings enabled), would someone be able to clarify why it suddenly decided to stop crashing/freezing up?

Lastly, will I experience any disadvantages in speed with these settings disabled?

In any case, thank you for solving the problem.

Same story here. I've been using uTorrent for years now with these settings turned on, until it suddenly froze on me two days ago. I don't think you will be experiencing any speed loss if you have a port forwarded in your router. Everything seems to be going smoothly over here.

[seans]

Windows 7 64 bit system has problem with their default loaded driver for the Network card. This problem causes all torrent programs to freeze....

Here is the solution that will work to all your problem find what kind of Network card you have and download not the latest driver but the one previous. yes, get an older driver and I guaranteed this will stop your freezing problem.