SYSOPT...That little Flash add on this page...

[BBA]

The advertisement from Intel, was causing my IEXplore to run at 50% cpu utilization.

I stopped animation and all normal again.

Sysopt...is there anything you can do to get rid of it?

[RandomGoon]

I'm with BBA on this one, an add that pegs a processor needn't be used. My CPU usage is hovering around 98% using Netscape 4.7 on Windows 2000.

'Goon

[BBA]

Hmmm...I gues it's only single threaded then, if it pegs your single cpu at 98%. and my dualees at 50%...at least I have one left to work on, lol.

[RobRich]

The Intel flash ad doesn't change my processor usage by more than 5% from standard page surfing. I am currently running IE 5.5 under WinME on this particular system. Rather odd.... ????

[RandomGoon]

Nope, same thing in IE. I do have Outlook, Excel, Remedy, Client Access Express and Netscape running but the add is the only thing that seems to peg my proc.

'Goon

[RobRich]

Thanks for the updates, I'll drop a line to Scott to inquire about this.

During my observation, I was running IE (~12 open instances), MS Word, four network secuity tools (packet sniffing, traffic logging, etc.), ZoneAlarm firewall, WebW proxy server, a couple of audio playback apps (siren, wmp7), and probably a few minimized apps that I missed.

[Kuasimodem]

When I'm just browsing the site, I get about 5-10% cpu load for a couple seconds while loading pages.

When I hit a thread with that flash ad, my usage goes up to 68 to 99% usage, depending on how active the ad is, and doesn't drop until I go to another page.

My temp also goes up about 7 degrees on pages with that banner ad on it.

[This message has been edited by Kuasimodem (edited 05-19-2001).]

[socalgal]

I've already notified Scott as well.

One workaround: Disable or "prompt" ActiveX settings.

[Brangwen]

I haven't tried this yet, but I was listening to NPR (Nat'l Public Radio) yesterday. Mentioned software to remove ads / banners from Web pages. One is called Ad Washer (to best of my recollection), or Ad Sweeper. Check the Net. Such programs are available for download.

Brangwen http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[CMonster]

...Brangwen - advertisements should not be resource hogs - but hey, they gotta pay the bills.

[RobRich]

Such programs also eliminate profits from useful sites, such as SysOpt.com

Robert Richmond

[brandon184]

I'm a major flash programmer, and I find it highly unusual THAT ad could utilize THAT much processing power. Keep me posted.

Either way - I mean, it's not a very effective ad IMO.

[This message has been edited by brandon184 (edited 05-19-2001).]

[Warthog]

Yeah, those apps are for porn sites where there are like fifty pop up and banner ads.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif
Warthog

[BBA]

It is definitely that add...I can right click it, select to not loop, and when it stops animating, the cpu useage goes to zero.

I wish there was a way to stop it while it is playing...because I like ActiveX enabled for most browsing.

[club_med]

Im on BBA's side too here.
cm

[otheos]

Same here using Opera 5.11
Just click refresh and a new ad comes in and the CPU usages goes back to normal.

Hey, do intel users have the same? maybe it's only hogging cpu on AMD based systems lol.

[BBA]

I'm running dual 650 MHz P3's

[SysOpt]

I've brought this to the attention of internet.com's tech/ad folks.

[Barney]

Weren't there the same problems at first with the "hit the monkey" ad?

[Fingers]

I put doubleclick.net (where the ad comes from) into my list of "Restricted Sites", which has ActiveX and Java disabled. Now the Intel ad doesn't change my processor usage anymore. The ad still displays, and it still progresses from "Cat5" to "Pro Gigabit Server", but it no longer has all those little animated "0's" and "1's" flying around.

I know it's not a solution, but it is a temporary fix to the excessive processor usage. It also doesn't require turning off advertisements and/or ActiveX and Java "web enhancements" for your favorite sites.


When single banner ad can load a processor to 100% usage, no wonder the chip makers think everyone should rush out and buy the newest and fastest processors available. LOL. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by Fingers (edited 05-20-2001).]

[BBA]

Thanks Fingers...that worked.

[Cygnus-X1]

Mhh.. I got that effect too..
I didn't experience that before.
I was posting a reply to another post and my mouse felt sluggish. Scrolled down and there was a Flash banner advert.
I am not going to modify my IE 5.5 settings
cause this was not a problem till today.
Unless the "problem persists" (heh heh)
on webpages other than these.

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[club_med]

This was annoying me so much I set IE to 'prompt' before running activeX scripts, the problem has been solved temporarily for me.

cm.

[SysOpt]

The best fix for this is definitely to add doubleclick.net to your list of restricted sites (tools -> internet options -> security ->restricted -> sites, in IE). internet.com has not responded to my heads-up about the banner problem.

[dos7]

man,,i was wondering what was doing that, i thought it might be the banner ad, but assumed it was IE5 itself. I saw this post, but it didn't really interest me, but then i realized that it might be concerning this issue. I've noticed that it doesn't always do it on my machine, 233mmx, but when it does, you can really tell with my little old pentium. Add doubleclick to the the list of restriced sites has solved the problem. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

dos7

[Kuasimodem]

The "Restricted Sites" fix works perfectly!

I now am back to normal CPU usage, even with that add on the page.

Thanks for the fix, Fingers.

[club_med]

Thanks Sysopt, all problems fixed.

cm.