re: mem usage

[mountaintree16]

I am not sure I understand correction the conversion from K to MB... how many K (is K the same as kilobytes, by the way)? are in a MB?

Also, what is "normal" for memory usage by Malwarebytes on a computer?

Running XP, SP3 here, all updated.

Anyway, so when I turn on my computer tonight (it was in hibernation, its usually restarted or turned off once a week, otherwise its left in Hibernate most of the time), after updating, I checked the usage.

It was 102,000 K. Then it went down to 86,000 after about 5 minutes or so, give or take.

I restarted my computer, then took a look again. It was at 40,000 - 40,500 K.

Edit: Now its nearly at 42,000 K. Few seconds later, 42,300, then 42,328... Edit again: Now its at 42,192, oop, now its at 42,300 its creeping up slowly...

So nearly a half hour after I originally posted this... Mbamservice is down to 30,000K.

[GT500]

I am not sure I understand correction the conversion from K to MB... how many K (is K the same as kilobytes, by the way)? are in a MB?

Kilobytes (KB) are 1,024 bytes.

Megabytes (MB) are 1,024 kilobytes, or 1,048,578 bytes.

Technically, it works like this:

Kilobyte:

1024 bytes

Megabyte:

1024

[GT500]

Oh, and I guess I should mention that Marcin seems to have found the reason for the memory usage problem in the protection module, and they should be working on a fix. Pretty interesting stuff, but I'll let him be the one to share it if he feels so inclined.

[mountaintree16]

Thanks for the replies, GT500

& ah, that's good to know

I don't think I am really experiencing it after all by the way... its been holding steady between like 24,000K and 28,000K now... maybe mine just spiked for a bit after an update.

[noknojon]

That removes half the chat in this area -

Marcin seems to have found the reason for the memory usage problem

Thanks -

[mem]

While older convention was 1 kilobyte is 1024 bits, it was changed in 2000 by International Electrotechnical Commission (and IEEE convention)...it is now making it into the mainstream

a kilobyte (KB) is to be 1000 bits to be in line with SI units

a kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bits

and similar designations for higher units.

This is one of the confusions in drive sizes as for marketing purposes a 250 KB formats out around 230 KiB.

While not an authoritative source per se, this gives a good rundown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

[mem]

a kilobyte (KB) is to be 1000 bits to be in line with SI units

a kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bits

And to correct MY misprint...

1 KB = 1000 bytes (not bits)

1 KiB = 1024 bytes (not bits)

MS is still using the older units for the OS while drive manufacturers and some open source software uses the newer conventions.

Sorry for the confusion.

[GT500]

And to correct MY misprint...

1 KB = 1000 bytes (not bits)

1 KiB = 1024 bytes (not bits)

Yes, that's true, but most people still do not use the new units of measure. It would have been better for them to have left it alone.