My girlfriend's computer (Compaq 2 years old) has a nasty problem. The CPU usage is 100 percent even there is no application running. I assume that it is a virus or a worm, so I used AVG antivirus+spyware (free versionn) and deleted 37 spywares and 3 virus threats. Even after AVG, the CPU usage didn't change so I used AVAST antivirus and lavasoft spyware system, but still no changes in cpu usage and computer is very slow. is there any other thing I could do to fix this computer?
100 percent cpu usage... HELP..
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mattsprattuk
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could just be a problem with task manager. is there noticeable slowness on the pc? if not, then theres no problem!
ADE
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hmm....well the slow speed is most likely due to low RAM. When the RAM runs out it uses the hard drive as a last resort by writing the info on the hard drive which is left over from what the RAM could not store. The CPU is working to transfer all that data back and forth, and basically, if when you start up, and if all the RAM is gone due to start up programs, then from the start up you will have this problem. This data that is being written on the hard drive, is in a file, (I think its called the paging file) you can manually increase, and decrease this. If the file get full, then both RAM and back up hard drive paging file, then I think your computer can freeze from that, because the computer doesn't know what to do and is still trying to execute this task.
Notatechie
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Have you tried system recovery or uninstalling unneccessary programs (especially startup ones)?