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NextDNS high CPU usage

I use the latest stable version of NextDNS app on my Windows 10 laptop which is version (3.0.12-2-6g48bdf4) but every few days I notice that my laptop's fan start running loud & very fast indicating that there is high CPU usage even though I was just browsing the internet or watching an online video & I find in Windows Task Manager that NextDNSService is the one that causes this high CPU & power usage as you can see in attached screenshot & when I try to disable NextDNS app I find that it is unresponsive & can't even quit it unless I use Task manager to end NextDNSService but after that if I opened NextDNS app again it won't work and I have to restart the Windows & I tried uninstalling NextDNS app then re installing it but it didn't fix this problem & I couldn't detect what causes this problem as it occurs at random times so can you help me  ?

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      • Tarek
      • Tarek
      • 3 mths ago
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      BigDargon I hope they can release an urgent fix to this bug as it makes  Nextdns app on Windows unusable & after googling it I found that many users already reported same problem for months now but no permanent solution from Nextdns till now. 

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      • BigDargon
      • BigDargon
      • 3 mths ago
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      Tarek While waiting for the fix, you can use YogaDNS.

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      • Tarek
      • Tarek
      • 3 mths ago
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      BigDargon I will try it but I hope that it won’t have same problem. thank you

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      • BigDargon
      • BigDargon
      • 3 mths ago
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      Tarek You just need to select NextDNS as shown, then enter the ID.

      If you want to use an ultralow server, select DNS Server > select NextDNS > check the box to select the ultralow server.

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      • Tarek
      • Tarek
      • 3 mths ago
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      BigDargon I really appreciate your help, thank you. 

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  • same here, latest nextdns app on latest windows 11. Had to deinstall any manually set the ip via settings.

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