sunshinelov1n Posted October 29, 2009 CID Share Posted October 29, 2009 My computer has recently started running waaaay slower. It used to run pretty fast, and now the cpu usage will go from 5% to 50 or sometimes 60 percent when nothing is being used. I know thats not a good thing. Heres my specs: Acer Aspire X1200 Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e 2.5GHz 4GB RAM 64 bit OS Geforce 9600 GT video card. Windows Vista Home Premium Here is a screenshot of my processes and services Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26366-high-cpu-usage/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2009 CID Share Posted October 30, 2009 The CPU will do that when idle, it has something to do with heat dissipation. Since you recently started to notice a slowdown, it's best to run viral / bot / any type of malware scans in safe mode while the chance is better that "it" isn't running in memory and can be seen, removed. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26366-high-cpu-usage/#findComment-315485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted October 30, 2009 CID Share Posted October 30, 2009 Scan with these free programs. Download and install and update and scan. A-Squared . Crapware scanner http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ Download link. http://download.cnet.com/A-squared-Free/3000-2239_4-10262215.html or MalwareBytes. Anti-Malware http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10896905 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26366-high-cpu-usage/#findComment-315493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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