windows 8.1 hdd at 100% at startup

alyoob

alyoob

Member
When i boot my computer the hdd is being utilized 100% for 3-4 miunutes and i tried uninstalled avast and checked hdd usage but that did not work uninstalled malwarebytes and still same. what processes are causing the high cpu usage. i5 haswell 3.0 ghz 8 gb ram nvida gt ge force 630.
 
Did you check task manager to see what was using the cpu usage? Run the following and post the log.

Download OTL to your Desktop


•Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
•Click on Minimal Output at the top
•Click the Quick Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
◦When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL. Just post the OTL.txt file in your reply.
 
cannot upload otl.txt the file is too big and when i past the text the character length is too much
 
First of all, I seem malware on your system. So do the following.

1.

Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode onto your Desktop.



•Please close all open programs and internet browsers.
•Double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
•Click on Scan.
•After the scan you will need to click on clean for it to delete the adware.
•Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
•Please post the content of that logfile in your reply.
•You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[Sn].txt as well - n is the order number.

2.

Please download Junkware Removal Tool to your desktop.

•Shutdown your antivirus to avoid any conflicts.
•Very important that you run the tool in this manner:
Right-mouse click JRT.exe and select Run as administrator
Do NOT just double-click it.
•The tool will open and start scanning your system.
•Please be patient as this can take a while to complete.
•On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
•Post the contents of JRT.txt in your next message

If you haven't ran malwarebytes lately run it as well and post the log.
 
well not really the same thing happens. I see malwarebytes, avast and windows system files are doing this. when the disk is finally at low percentage then system files and malwarebytes are causing my disk to utilize high percentage of use the issue is when the disk usage is at 100% the first 4-6 minutes after the system boots. Then disk usage goes down then disk usage goes up after about 2 minutes malwarebyes and system files cause the disk usage to go up agin
 
Last edited:
Malwarebytes doesn't need to run on startup unless you actually paid for the software. Since comobofix won't run on 8.1 yet, please do the following.

Download and install hijackthis.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/hijackthis/dl/89/

Open hijackthis and click on do a system scan and save a log file. Copy and paste the file in your next reply.

Also I need you to do an uninstall list. Open hijackthis again, click on open misc tools section, click on open uninstall manager, click on save list and save it somewhere. Then copy and paste the contents in your next reply.
 
I recommend uninstalling the following programs.

Advanced SystemCare 7
Driver Booster
Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
Spybot - Search & Destroy

Then rerun hijackthis and place checks next to the following entries.


O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HostManager] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\AOL\1383947052\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ReminderApp_EEAC3053-7055-4143-B8A0-306758055099] C:\Program Files (x86)\Nova Development\Photo Explosion\Project Studio\ReminderApp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ReminderApp] C:\Program Files (x86)\Nova Development\Scrapbook Factory 5.0\ReminderApp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SUPERAntiSpyware] C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SUPERAntiSpyware.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\alfred\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ZoomIt] C:\Users\alfred\Desktop\ZoomIt.exe

Then click on fix checked.

Superantispyware wasn't in your installed programs list but it shows up here. Uninstall it if its shows up.
 
i checked those entries and computer is running better. what antispyware program do you recoomend.
 
Last edited:
You have malwarebytes pro installed, that would be your malware program. You have avast and malwarebytes which is all you need.
 
and for preventative maintenance what should i do. like to remove junk entries from computer and kill unnecessary entries. if computer runs slow again
 
Ccleaner, but never use the registry cleaner part of it, just the normal part. If its running slow then most likely its malware related or unnecessary programs running at bootup.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top