CPU consumption while downloading a file

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

When I download a file, Opera comes to consume 93% of the cpu, which seems crazy to me. Any solution?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Any file from any site? No other page is opened?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I was downloading a Mega file and I only had that tab open

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

What about downloads from other sites? How other Chromium based browsers behave?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

The screenshots list the opera_crashreporter.exe as an active process. With my portable installation on Windows 7 32-bit this process is usually not active.

My observation is that Opera tries to start the Windows BITS-Service for (larger) downloads.

Sometimes there are problems starting this service. BITS-related errors are logged by Microsoft's Event Viewer and should be found there if there are any.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@goku6354

I was downloading a Mega file

Some Chrome extensions can also be used with Opera, and MEGA offers its own Chrome extension. Do you use it?

There has been a trojanized version for a short period of time, and such malware could also explain a high CPU load.

Details.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Every time I download a file, the CPU consumption increases more than it should. I used Chrome before and it had never happened to me.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@yanta No, I don't use any extension like that