My computer has been very uncooperative the last few days and last night I looked and the CPU usage was at 100%! I tried to run virus scan but the computer was too bogged down to slog through it. Anybody have any recommendations for what this is likely to be and how I should try to fix it?
2007-07-09 08:37:36 · 6 answers · asked by Emily H 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
explorer.exe was taking a huge chunk up yesterday, but I was afraid to interrupt to process. I'll try that tonight and see if it frees up enough space to allow a virus scan and a spybot check.
2007-07-09 09:27:40 · update #1
The suggestion to start off in safe mode is a good one. If you don't have a good antivirus program, and internet explorer is bogged down, you can bring an antivirus program over via a usb drive, install it and scan away. Check for other programs using control-alt-del and google their names to see if they are ok or not. I've had norton no nuts on me, and run at 99%, so while it is caused very often viruses or other malware, its not 100% of the time. (The program than went bonkers on me was rtvscan, on about 4 PCs)
2007-07-09 18:52:34 · answer #1 · answered by Robert H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might not be a virus, although if it's been like that for a few days it could be. when my computer's CPU usage is 100%, it's because of iexplorer.exe (internet) or explorer.exe. Under processes, see which one of these has a massive number under memory usage, right click it and choose 'end process'. if this doesn't work, you might have a virus/spyware. use antivirus software, and download spybot - search and destroy. you can find this with a search engine.
2007-07-09 09:10:24 · answer #2 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your pc stats are sturdy, there truly is not any clarification for a 2.66 GHz CPU to run at one hundred% whilst sitting at idle until you have some thing working interior the historic past which includes the two spyware or an epidemic/trojan. a sturdy attempt is to disconnect your information superhighway connection and spot if the utilization drops, if it does, then this is greater then probable the two spyware or viral an infection. test your gadget for the two. additionally, any p2p utility this is continuously working may additionally reason your CPU utilization to climb.
2016-10-01 05:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any computer that alway runs at 100%, has a virus. You might have to boot in saafe mode the run your virus scan.
2007-07-09 08:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restart your PC in safe mode and then run the virus scan as well as a scan for spyware.
2007-07-09 08:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you most likely have spyware, a virus or a program that isnt working right. press control alt delete and find the process with the highest cpu usage and end it. if its explorer.exe just restart.
2007-07-09 08:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by jcjunkact 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋