After upgrading the SMA appliances to 9.0.0.0-9sv , CPU usage shoots upto100% and hence the user connections becomes very slow and non responsive.
botnetFilter service is using 100% in firmware 9.0.0.0-9sv
This issue is fixed in 9.0.0.1-11sv. Export Settings and upgrade the appliance to 9.0.0.1-11sv.