Too many processes

[L2Scarlet]

Yes, you're right and I know that WP is vulnerable as f4ck (everyone is scanning WP websites for xmlrpc and logins, injections, XSS etc.) but at least it is stable on PHP engine. I need a stable forum / website and not something which is not working and I have to work with months to make it working for few weeks?

Look.. how am I supposed to keep my SMF forums when I get these crazy processes ..

Here are your processes:

[root@xxxxxx ~]# ps aux | grep xxxxxx
xxxxxx 1896 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov11 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.107.102
xxxxxx 5497 0.0 0.0 141328 4780 ? Sl 09:21 0:00 host -W 1 182.247.61.118
xxxxxx 14565 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov09 0:00 host -W 1 108.162.246.40
xxxxxx 18973 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 08:51 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.111.42
xxxxxx 27157 0.0 0.0 141328 4772 ? Sl 09:00 0:00 host -W 1 108.162.245.195
xxxxxx 28619 0.0 0.0 383636 23332 ? S 18:15 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 28623 0.0 0.0 141328 4772 ? Sl 18:15 0:00 host -W 1 156.96.117.54
root 29392 0.0 0.0 114764 972 pts/0 S+ 19:19 0:00 grep --color=auto xxxxxx
xxxxxx 29727 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 09:02 0:00 host -W 1 116.248.186.33
xxxxxx 30263 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 09:02 0:00 host -W 1 182.246.10.169
xxxxxx 36793 0.0 0.0 383636 23508 ? S 15:11 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 36800 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 15:11 0:00 host -W 1 117.37.143.98
xxxxxx 39528 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov09 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.106.173
xxxxxx 43967 0.0 0.0 383636 23508 ? S 15:14 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 43975 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 15:14 0:00 host -W 1 60.160.143.28

[m4z]

I split the topic.

Looks like most of your processes are "host", which means DNS lookups. You might want to "Disable hostname lookups".

[Arantor]

Also don't have any spam to refreshing chat box/shoutbox type scripts, or eNotify, that won't help your case.