About 9 out of 12 Gigs of Ram being used on apparently nothing?

[skunk999999]

I've had this issue for a little while now, and have been looking for a solution for a long time, though nothing has worked. I don't have a virus, I edited a Registry Key in Local Machine, I've looked up and down in task manager and resource manager. Everything.

I'll put some pictures of my task manager and resource monitor.

Thanks

Edit: Here are the pictures, note that I had Steam and Uplay on, but even with a few processes running as usual the numbers still didn't add up.

https://prnt.sc/j9b7rc

https://prnt.sc/j9b819

https://prnt.sc/j9b8fr

 

[R0GG]

Right click on PPCM process and get it's location and application linked to it.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Try this program
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rammap

On mine, under TOTAL shows 16GB
Then the column next to it shows 7.4GB being used
Standby is showing I have 7.8GB

 

[boju]

https://community.amd.com/thread/220480 maybe?

Under preference settings, opt out of user experience. The op there had to uncheck.

PPCM seems to be a windows file but in your other picture of recourse monitor shows as AMDPPCM. Both hogging a lot of ram so maybe coincidentally the same.

 

[skunk999999]

Right click on PPCM process and get it's location and application linked to it.

That's the AMD Personal Profile Client Manager.

 

[skunk999999]

I turned off the AMD thing, still using 9.5 gigs

 

[skunk999999]

I downloaded the program, here is what it said.

https://prnt.sc/j9bygm

 

[boju]

Take a pic of the process tab in that program like you did in task manager. Thanks for the pics.

 

[skunk999999]

I decided to do a Malware scan, and left my computer unattended for the hour it took. The software restarted my computer for me, so I didn't see the scan report.

Whatever happened though, the issue appears to be fixed.

 

[boju]

Woops. Keep an eye on it.

 

[R0GG]

Are you running an AMD CPU ?
Try Malwarbytes deep scan with rootkit detection coupled with Emsisoft Emergency kit full scan with rootkit detection.
Try to disable the service responsible for that module if not needed.

 

[ElectrO_90]

I know you used Malwarebytes, but also try the program ZHPCleaner - I find it far superior for scanning.

I see your ram was taken by Nonpaged
"When a machine boots up, the Memory Manager creates two dynamically sized memory pools that kernel-mode components use to allocate system memory. These two pools are known as the Paged Pool and NonPaged Pool. Each of these pools start at an initial size that is based upon the amount of physical memory present in the system. Pool memory is a subset of available memory and is not necessarily contiguous. If necessary, these pools can grow up to a maximum size that is determined by the system at boot time.




The first difference is that Paged Pool is exactly what its name implies - it can be paged out. Meaning it can be lowered



The NonPaged Pool cannot be paged out. Drivers use the NonPaged Pool for many of their requirements because they can be accessed at any Interrupt Request Level (IRQL).



Taken from:



Memory Management - Understanding Pool Resources

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/03/07/memory-management-understanding-pool-resources.aspx "