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All games drop half fps after few minutes

Ridalia

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Dec 21, 2014
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Its been three days this problem occurs to me, When i play every game, a few minutes later it lags hard and halfed my FPS around 20-30 fps. Restart comp doesnt helps D: Im playing Dragon age: origin, Smite, BF4 etc. Even i tried very low graphics settings i get the same fps. I tried real temp and msi afterburner all nominal my cpu runs 60c ish in full load, gpu 50-70 no high no less. I tried delete all restore points, disk cleanup, scan virus and malware, reset bios, uninstall graphics driver and use Display Driver Uninstaller, installed old nvidia driver . Im getting frustrated on this problem.It feels like u have an itch on your back but you cant reach to scratch it.

Edit: For some strange reason my GPU usage is 90-100% while idle


My Specs:

Windows7
Asrock H81M-HDS motherboard
Intel i5-4690k
Palit Jetstream GTX 760
8GB Ram corsair vengeance
Thermaltake 650w gold
 
I just found out what causes the problem. Its appear to be a malicious file or some sort. My GPU in full load even on idle. I use process explorer and found this file "steam client" uses 90% of my gpu usage, its not even an .exe its a file that disguise itself as steam.exe but without the exe

In task manager the image name is "steam client *32" and description is "steam client". It have nothing to do with the actual steam client
The file directory (C:\Users\Ridalia\AppData\Roaming\Awesomium\CODEXi)
When i end process it (steam client *32) my gpu usage is back to normal and no annoying lags ingame. But i need to know where this files coming from i tried goggle it and cant find any information
 


You are using pirated games ?
 


No, i dont even run any games or apps and its activate on its own, i delete the whole folder and its gone and everything goes back to normal. Thank you good sir.
 


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