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Active Protection uses high CPU

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Acronis Active Protection Service (anti_ransomware_service.exe) seems to consistently use 10-15% CPU all the time. Doesn't seem to really matter what else is going on.

This seems pretty high to me. It's almost always the largest consumer of cpu resources by a wide margin.

Any suggestions on how to better control this??

 

thx,

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Mark, AAP takes less than 1% CPU on my own computers so I would recommend reviewing the AAP panel in the main ATI 2020 GUI where you should aim to have 0 Monitored Processes shown as it is most likely that having AAP monitoring anything will increase the CPU count.

If you see any value higher than 0 then click on the link for Monitored below the count and review what is being monitored and make a decision about each item.

Most processes should be able to be set to 'Allowed to start' with the minimum number being Allowed to modify your backups.

See the following KB documents:

KB 36429: Acronis Software: exclude program folders and executables from antivirus and other security programs

KB 46430: Acronis Software: Making Acronis Products Compatible with Antivirus Software

See the following documents for detailed information on AAP.

Acronis Active Protection White Paper

Acronis Active Protection Article

KB 60452: Acronis Active Protection: Frequently Asked Questions

KB 60190: Acronis True Image 2019 and 2018: how to disable Active Protection in Windows

KB 60193: Acronis True Image 2018 and 2019: Active Protection blocks legitimate applications

KB 60173: Acronis True Image 2018 and 2019: troubleshooting issues with Acronis Active Protection