Hey, i just read your post. So you think MSS is better than bitdefender? bitdefender has alot of shields and update services

It really comes down to personal preference, and MSS has been pretty good to me (doesn't bother me with pop-ups ever), but I don't venture into virus territory so it's really just a free safety net more than anything.

However some are better than others, here's a benchmark that was taken in Feb. See attached.

But really just get rid of one or the other so you only have one AV, having more than one is just bad.

MSS is very good, but if you do a lot of tormenting and such on the internet where you might be taking risks, running ESET and MSS together works very well, and takes little resources.

Should also install malwarebytes and run a scan once or twice a month.

Would it help my lag if i went downstairs and plugged my laptop directly into my router and used Local Area Connection instead of Wireless connection?

@ Jerret Okay, uninstalled Bitdefender..seems a little better but now we have a new problem. see attached

@ Aeko, I do all my downloading on my other computer which is the family computer for everyone to use. My sister and I use that computer for downloading music and videos for our Ipods. But i was just using this thread for my laptop because I mainly play graal on here.

Wire > Wireless, can't really say that it'll fix your problems though.

Close MSS' user interface? Everything else uses CPU, that's normal.

MSS wasn't open, not even in the task bar? This is weird, why is it hogging CPU?

Scanning..? Try opening it up and see if it's actually doing anything, and restart.

It wans't open, it wasn't scanning,it's just hogging CPU. !pissed!

Uninstall it?

If I uninstall MSS i won't have any antivirus protection.

personally, i haven't used an anti-virus program in years and i haven't had a virus in years. all those programs do is slow down your computer if you know what you're clicking

also, try putting graal on high priority in the task manager

anti virus also made my moms computer alot slower, i don't use a anti-virus either.

See if it fixes your problem. If it does, then it's definitely MSS. Then reinstall it and it should be fixed. If it's not, uninstall it again and find another anti-virus.

Also, I don't use anti-virus either, but not everyone is suited to be unprotected :P

graal still lags...i turned off mss and helped barely? any more suggestions

Some AV programs scan in the background...I don't use MSS, but check your settings.

MsMpEng.exe is MSS's service...when this service starts to run it doesn't scan but it uses 89 CPU...any help?

no it's not scanning in the background just owning my computer

Did you uninstall it?

dusty i need an antivirus program

Whatever. I tried helping.

i need to know how to fix graal lag...other games dont lag :(

Just disable MSE's real-time protection option "Monitor file program activity on your computer". It's known to cause problems with games.

That, or add Graal's directory to the exceptions list, if you like the less drastic approach.

@ Angel, tried it and it seems to have helped a little....lols this is really annoying