Hello,
I am running Windows XP/Intel Pentium 4/Norton AntiVirus 2002. I have Zone Alarm Pro 3.0.081. I noticed some months ago that vsmon.exe suddenly took 99% of the cpu, effectively locking up the pc and necessitating a reboot.
I found a fix for this on the Microsoft site:
"Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 321434 On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows NT or later, use Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). To do so, click Start, click Run, and then type regedt32. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vsmon.
NOTE: Vsmon is a service that is installed by ZoneAlarm Pro. In the right pane, double-click DependOnService. In the Edit Multi-String dialog box, you will see a list of items that might include Afd, RpcSs, and Vsdatant. Add W3SVC to the end of this list, and then click OK."
I did this and it worked for some months. However, since downloading the Microsoft XP fixes in the last few weeks, my pc is back to square one: within one hour of booting up, vsmon.exe takes 99% of the cpu.
Can anyone help me with this? Is another fix lurking out there? Or do I need to simply buy the latest ZA version and hope it doesn't have any bugs.
Notes:
1) The W3SVC change is still there.
2) I've tried setting the priority of vsmon.exe to 'low' - no change.
3) I've tried a System Recovery to a point before the problem started up again - no change.
4) I haven't backed out the Microsoft fixes.
5) I have looked at the ZA forum for a fix but their tone seems to be 'kindly buy the next ZA version."
Thanks in advance to all who post replies in this group. EB