nsi memory leaks fixed yet?

Anonymous
2013-06-06T11:33:13+00:00

Does anyone know if there is a fix for nsi service eating up memory yet?I'm really getting tired of having it eat up to 3 gbs or ram all the time.I have a dump file if the need arises.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-16T18:15:41+00:00

    I have two machines (windows 7 x64) with the same problem. The network adapter is a Broadcom NetExtreme, so the issue seems to exits with intel, realtek and broadcom.

    Updating the driver did not help.

    No maleware was found.

    I've run more than a dozen malware/virus scans, offline, boot from USB, etc. and I have replaced the NIC.  I removed the old drivers completely and reinstalled the new drivers forthe Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter.  No luck!  It seems to be worse the ever.  NSI keeps consuming memory until I restart it or it brings my system to its knees.

    Anyone have any ideas?

    I'm running Windows 7 64bit.

    I've done a number of malware scans, re-installed the network adapters, checked for any uninstalled relevant Windows Updates and yet NSI is consuming about 2.4GB over time.

    I know this doesn't help anyone else but at least it raises awareness that there are more people suffering from the same issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-10T19:15:27+00:00

    I have two machines (windows 7 x64) with the same problem. The network adapter is a Broadcom NetExtreme, so the issue seems to exits with intel, realtek and broadcom.

    Updating the driver did not help.

    No maleware was found.

    I've run more than a dozen malware/virus scans, offline, boot from USB, etc. and I have replaced the NIC.  I removed the old drivers completely and reinstalled the new drivers forthe Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter.  No luck!  It seems to be worse the ever.  NSI keeps consuming memory until I restart it or it brings my system to its knees.

    Anyone have any ideas?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-23T11:22:16+00:00

    I have two machines (windows 7 x64) with the same problem. The network adapter is a Broadcom NetExtreme, so the issue seems to exits with intel, realtek and broadcom.

    Updating the driver did not help.

    No maleware was found.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-11T00:29:06+00:00

    Hamachi was not the problem.  Although turning it off helped for a while NSI continues to pig memory.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-08-10T18:12:54+00:00

    Looks like my issue might be Hamanchi.  Based on this thread after reinstalling network drivers, I disabled Hamanchi and immediately the NSI service dropped in memory usage to just over 10 MB.  I will be watching the next few days to ensure that this was the problem.

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