Edited by jss10, 09 September 2014 - 08:22 PM.
Hidden process slowing down system daily
#1
Posted 09 September 2014 - 08:20 PM
#2
Posted 09 September 2014 - 10:34 PM
You are assuming your system is slowing down because
of some "hidden process". Yet there seems to be no evidence
of this. Actually, there seems to be evidence to the contrary.
It's possible it could be some hidden process and if that
was the case you would want to post this topic in this section:
http://www.geekstogo...alware-removal/
But there are many other things it could be.
I would start by posting a new topic in the Malware section
with the link I just gave you. You will have more staff members
viewing your topic, and should get better results.
Thank you and have a great day.
SGC
#3
Posted 10 September 2014 - 05:04 PM
#4
Posted 10 September 2014 - 08:14 PM
What did the Performance tab look like?
#5
Posted 11 September 2014 - 11:01 AM
Hello jss10
Hmm, what makes you say that?
The reason I said you might want to post
in the malware section was based on your
assumption that a "hidden process" was
slowing down your system.
If there was a process able to hide itself
from the task manager, then it would likely
be of malicious intent.
In order to cloak itself it would have to run
in lower level memory. Like kernel memory
for example. Like a Rootkit.
Isn't that more indicative of a process rather than general malware, etc.?
I would say almost all "general malware" has
to execute in order to run, which would create
a process. It could also inject itself into a system
process in the form of a .dll.
That is, does malware really "time" itself like that?
Yes it absolutely can be coded to execute at
certain times of the day.
Memory utilization is not always the cause of slow downs. Did you look at CPU Utilization as well?
What did the Performance tab look like?
Yes, exactly. You might wanna try sorting your
task manager by CPU rather than memory.
See if your CPU is spiked at 100%.
Okay well, keep an eye on it and post back to let us
know if how it's running, and if you need further assistance.
Thank you and have a great day.
SGC
#6
Posted 11 September 2014 - 11:34 AM
Ha! No, admittedly, I never even thought to sort by CPU instead of Mem Usage (also admittedly, I'm not much of a techie). The next time this happens, I'll definitely do so and report back. As I write this now, for whatever it's worth, the ONLY entity showing a CPU usage of more than 00 is "System Idle Process," whatever that is (with a reading of about 99). So such malware would have a harder time hiding from the CPU usage column?
Edited by jss10, 11 September 2014 - 11:35 AM.
#7
Posted 11 September 2014 - 05:58 PM
Any program requires memory and CPU to run. How much of each depends on what it's trying to do.
As SGC suggested, the best way to find out if you have a malware problem is to post in our malware removal forum at the link given. If oyu still have the problem after that come back here and we can continue to work on it.
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