Question cpu 100 unless i open task manager

[cwjacare]

for some reason my cpu is always at 100 unless i open task manager, someoine help me, idk what could cause this

 

[DavidM012]

could be malware that hides when you look for it or some startup program try autoruns for detailed info on what's running at login. and a malware scan.

 

[cwjacare]

could be malware or some startup program try autoruns for detailed info on what's running at login.

it doesnt show up, as soon as i open task manager it instantly goes down to normal usage like 1%- 5%

 

[DavidM012]

it hides when you try and look for active processes

 

[cwjacare]

could be malware that hides when you look for it or some startup program try autoruns for detailed info on what's running at login. and a malware scan.

i ran autoruns and i saw some red parts is that bad?
something like
_wow64cpu
_wowamhm
etc...

 

[cwjacare]

it hides when you try and look for active processes

everything is at low usage how am i supposed to know?

 

[DavidM012]

All part of the malwareness of modern malware. Unfortunately I don't know every single process off by heart. Normally you would search any suspicious items which is basically what an automatic malware scanner does for you.

wow64cpu is a windows driver

try a free malware scanner or a few. You might have to try several to pin it down.

 

[cwjacare]

All part of the malwareness of modern malware. Unfortunately I don't know every single process off by heart. Normally you would search any suspicious items which is basically what an automatic malware scanner does for you.

wow64cpu is a windows driver

try a free malware scanner or a few. You might have to try several to pin it down.

already tried 2 but nothing came up

 

[cwjacare]

already tried 2 but nothing came up

if u say its a virus if i format the pc will it delete it?

 

[DavidM012]

Yes it should do if you deleted every partition of every drive that it could potentially hide on that is connected to your system so that would mean kiss all your data goodbye.

Which malware scanners have you tried thus far? It would be much preferable to identify the malware if poss.

 

[cwjacare]

Yes it should do if you deleted every partition of every drive that it could potentially hide on that is connected to your system so that would mean kiss all your data goodbye.

Which malware scanners have you tried thus far?

i have nothing to lose on this pc tbh im down to do it, i mean i already tried but when i ask the motherboard to boot up with the flashdrive nothing appears...

 

[cwjacare]

Yes it should do if you deleted every partition of every drive that it could potentially hide on that is connected to your system so that would mean kiss all your data goodbye.

Which malware scanners have you tried thus far? It would be much preferable to identify the malware if poss.

roguekiller
malwarebytes
and another one dont remember the name

 

[cwjacare]

i just want to get rid of this virus asap,even if i have to format the problem is i cant eve do that

 

[DavidM012]

Well this all looks major since the hypothetical malware could copy itself to any drive connected to your system including the usb drive.

Why can't you boot a usb drive on your system? It should work right? But it could all be malwareness again.

What would be ideal is getting a clean usb drive and using a clean computer to put some some bootable disk management utility on it to wipe the partition on your disk and then another usb drive to run the media creation tool from the clean pc to create a clean windows setup disk so you prevent the malware from copying itself to any drive connected to your system and spreading to another system.

The thing you've got could be a new threat that hasn't been seen before. Can you post a screenie of all the running processes in autoruns so we can look if there's anything suspcious running in the backgroud, such as a process or service or driver that has no description?

You might need to seek more expert advice.

I presume that you've checked the boot order of your bios and/or tried to manually select the boot drive from the bios? Besides all that you could have a duff usb drive as well. And if you plugged that usb drive into your system it could spread the malware to other systems. You need a clean new usb drive and a clean computer to work from to create bootable recovery disks or else, keep trying various malware scanners.

Avast! I think it does a free anti-malware/anti virus scanner. Not fresh on this I haven't had a serious malware infection (that I know of) ever.

 

[cwjacare]

Well this all looks major since the hypothetical malware could copy itself to any drive connected to your system including the usb drive.

Why can't you boot a usb drive on your system? It should work right? But it could all be malwareness again.

What would be ideal is getting a clean usb drive and using a clean computer to put some some bootable disk management utility on it to wipe the partition on your disk and then another usb drive to run the media creation tool from the clean pc to create a clean windows setup disk so you prevent the malware from copying itself to any drive connected to your system and spreading to another system.

The thing you've got could be a new threat that hasn't been seen before. Can you post a screenie of all the running processes in autoruns so we can look if there's anything suspcious running in the backgroud, such as a process or service or driver that has no description?

You might need to seek more expert advice.

I presume that you've checked the boot order of your bios and/or tried to manually select the boot drive from the bios? Besides all that you could have a duff usb drive as well. And if you plugged that usb drive into your system it could spread the malware to other systems. You need a clean new usb drive and a clean computer to work from to create bootable recovery disks or else, keep trying various malware scanners.

Avast! I think it does a free anti-malware/anti virus scanner. Not fresh on this I haven't had a serious malware infection (that I know of) ever.

http://prntscr.com/njloh3

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[DavidM012]

RIght under task scheduler there's two suspicious items can you widen the column ?

 

[cwjacare]

RIght under task scheduler there's two suspicious items can you widen the column ?

http://prntscr.com/njlrd6
thats as far as it goes

 

[DavidM012]

Next to the words 'autorun entry' at the top left corner of autoruns window, mouse over the right margin/column, so the mouse cursor changes into the symbol for widening colums, press and hold left mouse button and drag the mouse right. That will widen the column so we can see what those two yellow highlighted items are just under task scheduler.

Also that truesight item could be suspicious

https://www.google.com/search?safe=..........0i71j0i67j0j0i22i30j33i160.WJwgLSda7oo

Try tdskiller, there's a thread here about that: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/fo...tsys-and-something-else-that-is-hiding-icons/

 

[cwjacare]

Next to thehe words 'autorun entry' at the top left corner of autoruns window, mouse over the right margin/column, so the mouse cursor changes into the symbol for widening colums, press and hold left mouse button and drag the mouse right. That will widen the column so we can see what those two yellow highlighted items are just under task scheduler.

Also that truesight item could be suspicious

https://www.google.com/search?safe=..........0i71j0i67j0j0i22i30j33i160.WJwgLSda7oo

Try tdskiller, there's a thread here about that: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/fo...tsys-and-something-else-that-is-hiding-icons/

http://prntscr.com/njlxwr
doesnt show anymore than this...
http://prntscr.com/njlyp9 maybe this is what u wanted?

 

[cwjacare]

http://prntscr.com/njlxwr
doesnt show anymore than this...

isnht there a way to just format the disc from the OS? if i do that the virus will get deleted and cant i just install Windows 10 again?

 

[DavidM012]

no the processes will be locked. If you had a bootable dvd-rom pre-prepared or another different bootable usb prepared you might have been able to wipe the partition that way.

You can't delete the drive that windows is running on it won't allow the operation. It can't delete itself. Anyway if you can't boot off your usb drive how do you propose to reinstall it?

What's the problem with your usb?

In either case you need a clean pc and a clean usb drive to create bootable media to prevent the malware from copying itself from disk to disk and reinstalling itself. It's malware. it's malicious software. A pain.

 

[cwjacare]

no the processes will be locked. If you had a bootable dvd-rom pre-prepared or another different bootable usb prepared you might have been able to wipe the partition that way.

You can't delete the drive that windows is running on it won't allow the operation. It can't delete itself. Anyway if you can't boot off your usb drive how do you propose to reinstall it?

What's the problem with your usb?

idk last time i used it to isntall windows all went perfectly, now when i try to boot with the usd it only shows the monitor

 

[jsmithepa]

Only TM does this? If so definitely malware. No 2 ways about it.

 

[cwjacare]

Only TM does this? If so definitely malware. No 2 ways about it.

how do i get rid of it ?

 

[DavidM012]

try avast! and tds killer. And try to fix your can't boot off usb problem. What motherboard have you got? What are your full system specs?