[.:DuD3:.]

my cpu usage has been higher than normal for that past couple days. i thought maybe it was malware related, but it turns out that everything is clean. reid from 'hijack this log help' said i should post here to help solve the problem. the usage is normally 0%-1% when the computer is idle, but the past couple days its been jumping from 5%-15% at all times. its causing the cpu to heat up about 10C higher than normal as well. im not sure what could be causing this. any idea?


when i check the task manager, the only application that seems to be running more than normal is "services.exe" i just googled it and read that its sometimes a trojan or virus. i would have thought they'd found this in the hijack log though. any ideas?

 

[hwm54112]

My computer did the same thing when I installed IE7. CPU usage was anywhere from 7-15% while system idle process bounced back and forth between 97 and 99%. That math doesn't work.

Uninstalled IE7 and it was back to normal.

 

[.:DuD3:.]

i dont understand, i uninstalled all the recent programs i downloaded and its still higher than what it normally is. anyone have an idea what it could be?

 

[speedster123]

Ask Reid about your concern. There's always a possibility that the security team missed something, but i doubt it.

 

[hwm54112]

check your processes in task manager, check what's loading in msconfig, and also start>run>services.msc. It's possible that you still have a process or progarm running even though the main program has been uninstalled. Norton utilities/system works has been known to do that. Others may do it as well.

 

[.:DuD3:.]

check your processes in task manager, check what's loading in msconfig, and also start>run>services.msc. It's possible that you still have a process or progarm running even though the main program has been uninstalled. Norton utilities/system works has been known to do that. Others may do it as well.

how and what would i know to delete? or do i delete anything?

also i've found that my computer will freeze if i leave it over night sometimes. it did it this morning. i dont know what would be causing these problems if there's no malware or virus' on my computer. could it be a driver error? should i try and reinstall windows?