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Geek Culture / Large CPU usage

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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 14th Jun 2007 22:16
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does anyone know why the heck explorer would take 99 % CPU?? It only started a few days ago and I know I have a virus (working on removing it now) but I think it started before that... its gotten to the point where I have to start explorer from the taskmanager, start my game, then quickly end the explorer.exe process before my game starts up. Otherwise it runs terribly.

anywone know why this would be and/or ideas to fix it?

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Raven
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Posted: 14th Jun 2007 22:25
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Explorer.exe will just reboot itself.
Most common reason for overly ambigious cpu/memory useage is malware.. or explorer has started a task that is intensive in itself.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 14th Jun 2007 22:42
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Come talk to us after you remove the virus

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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 14th Jun 2007 23:41
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hmm interesting... I was under the inmpression I only had 1 virus but I rebooted in safe mode and am rescanning and so far found 5

I guessing thats my problem but if removing those doesnt fix it ill be back for more help :-P

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UnderLord
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 04:34
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Format, reinstall...problem fixed...

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 07:11
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Def dont want to reformat... WAY too much work. It turns out I managed to get the Trojen.Vundo virus which is one of the hardest Trojens on the internet to remove. I spent a good few hours at it and finally got it off... I'm running a final scan now(in safe mode) and am going to reboot shortly and check the CPU usage

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dab
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 08:19
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Have a link?
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GatorHex
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 12:51 Edited at: 15th Jun 2007 13:02
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AVG Free (Anit virus/rootkit/spyware) http://free.grisoft.com/doc/28415/lng/us/tpl/v5

Zone Alarm Free (Firewall) http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=56pus&ctry=GB&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za
Pick the bottom button [i only want basic Zone Alarm Protection] to avoid all that full trial crud.

Firefox (Secure Web Broweser) http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

I use all the above and my computers (touch wood) have been trouble free for years. Highly recommended.

DinoHunter http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=98385&b=8
CPU/GPU Benchmark http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=101716&b=5
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Arkheii
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 13:51
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Don't forget that USB flash drives can carry all sorts of nasty virii and worms that anti-virus software sometimes fail to detect.

If you're using XP, download and install Tweak UI. Among other tweaks, you can disable AutoPlay on all external drives.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

It's also a good idea to disable Windows Scripting Host since many flash drive worms just love to exploit it.
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/10359.html#2000Me

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