OVRService_x64.exe high CPU usage when using Windscribe VPN

[Phane7]

I've noticed that my Oculus VR Runtime service was almost constantly pegged at ~30% CPU usage.  After doing some troubleshooting, I pinned it down to Windscribe.  Whenever the service is running and I connect or change servers using Windscribe, the CPU usage spikes immediately to ~30% and stays there until the service is reset.  Regardless of whether I'm connected or not, restarting the service will fix the issue until I get disconnected and auto-reconnect or change servers, then it stays there even if I disconnect.  The only way to fix the issue is to restart the service, even End Task in task manager doesn't fix it.

I tried a different VPN and it didn't seem to trigger this issue, but Windscribe is my favorite.  I also tried different connection types (UDP, TCP, Stealth, etc) and all of them triggered the bug.

[AmnesiaOnion · Accepted solution]

IDK if it's still relevant but I had the same issue, I turned 'Kill TCP sockets after connection' setting off and it solved the problem for me(from 50%+ of CPU usage to >1%).

[Phane7]

I actually noticed on a re-installation a while back that Windscribe popped up with an alert about OVRService's high CPU usage and offered to change that setting for me as a solution.  I noticed that it worked but I had forgotten about this forum thread that I started.  So Windscribe's client now can recognize the issue and fix it for you with a prompt.  If you dismissed the prompt accidentally, that's the setting that you need to change.