Mysterious processor usage...

**The_Other_One** · 07-06-2005, 04:40 PM

Sorry this is a bit long. To sum it up, my CPU usage was at 60% yet nothing showed up in task manager as being used. I typed out what I was doing to see if anyone could suggest what might of caused this...

As mentioned before, I'm using my laptop while I'm waiting for the GPU cooler for my main system. I had some pictures I wanted to edit so I connected my camera to my laptop(works like any other USB drive) and loaded about seven 5.0MP images into photoshop at once(nothing huge, just took a while on USB) While loading I messed around on the net a bit. Had some stuff to do on ebay and all... Once it was done, I messed with the photos, filtered out what I wanted, then started to crop one.

At this point I realized the machine seemed to be bogged down a good bit so I bumped it back up to full speed. It was a bit better but still seemed sluggish. I got the pic saved then checked task manager. I was running 60% CPU usage or more idle. What's odd is that none of the tasks showed any usage. Even the idle process stayed at 99%

I don't get it. I logged off and back on with the same problem. I restarted and I'm fine... I don't visit any sites that should give me virus's(I'm careful where I go with this machine) and I shouldn't have that much spyware if any... I just scanned yesterday and got nothing...

flame1117 · 07-06-2005, 05:10 PM

It might be a virus, I had the same thing happen. I didn;t think i would have one either, i was really confussed.

jjsevdt · 07-06-2005, 05:38 PM

just run a virus scan real quick

alanuofm · 07-06-2005, 07:01 PM

post a hijackthis

**The_Other_One** · 07-06-2005, 07:36 PM

Ran a AVE and Adaware, found nothing. I cleaned up Hijackthis, but here's the current log...

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\VTTimer.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\My Documents\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VTTimer] VTTimer.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\npjpi150_01.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\npjpi150_01.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: SmartLinkService (SLService) - - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\slserv.exe

**Buzz1927** · 07-06-2005, 07:45 PM

That's clean, looks short tho. What did you fix with hijackthis?

**The_Other_One** · 07-06-2005, 07:56 PM

Something for net connection wizard, a few for MSN Messanger, a couple for Averatec home pages, and something for Adobe. Its just short because it's actually clean

I told you I'm very careful about what happens to this machine

07-06-2005, 04:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Mysterious processor usage... Sorry this is a bit long. To sum it up, my CPU usage was at 60% yet nothing showed up in task manager as being used. I typed out what I was doing to see if anyone could suggest what might of caused this... As mentioned before, I'm using my laptop while I'm waiting for the GPU cooler for my main system. I had some pictures I wanted to edit so I connected my camera to my laptop(works like any other USB drive) and loaded about seven 5.0MP images into photoshop at once(nothing huge, just took a while on USB) While loading I messed around on the net a bit. Had some stuff to do on ebay and all... Once it was done, I messed with the photos, filtered out what I wanted, then started to crop one. At this point I realized the machine seemed to be bogged down a good bit so I bumped it back up to full speed. It was a bit better but still seemed sluggish. I got the pic saved then checked task manager. I was running 60% CPU usage or more idle. What's odd is that none of the tasks showed any usage. Even the idle process stayed at 99% I don't get it. I logged off and back on with the same problem. I restarted and I'm fine... I don't visit any sites that should give me virus's(I'm careful where I go with this machine) and I shouldn't have that much spyware if any... I just scanned yesterday and got nothing... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

07-06-2005, 05:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,023	just run a virus scan real quick __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

07-06-2005, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Ran a AVE and Adaware, found nothing. I cleaned up Hijackthis, but here's the current log... Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\VTTimer.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\My Documents\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VTTimer] VTTimer.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\npjpi150_01.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\npjpi150_01.dll O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe O23 - Service: SmartLinkService (SLService) - - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\slserv.exe __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

07-06-2005, 07:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Something for net connection wizard, a few for MSN Messanger, a couple for Averatec home pages, and something for Adobe. Its just short because it's actually clean I told you I'm very careful about what happens to this machine __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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07-06-2005, 05:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
flame1117 banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,770	It might be a virus, I had the same thing happen. I didn;t think i would have one either, i was really confussed.

07-06-2005, 07:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	post a hijackthis

07-06-2005, 07:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Buzz1927 Digaredd Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne AU Posts: 6,295	That's clean, looks short tho. What did you fix with hijackthis?