If you enable SSL encryption for file transfer, you could reduce CPU usage by upgrading to the latest version of openssl 0.9.7.d. Get from below and replace the original libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll with the newer version will do.
http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
Hope this could help.
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