About 10 seconds after startup, something runs on my PC that puts a lot of strain on my CPU. I'm suspecting a cryptojacker, but I can't find anything.
As soon as I open Task Manager, the highest usage task, labeled "System Interrupts" stays open for about 2 seconds, then closes. As soon as I close Task Manager, this all happens again.
I know it's not that tiny spike you see when opening Task Manager, as I watch my CPU temperature rise once Task Manager is closed.
Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, and Advanced SystemCare pick nothing up. Running a command in PowerShell doesn't even show me that a process was activated.
Anyone have a suggestion (other than reinstalling Windows) that I can try? I could always just leave Task Manager running, since it stays away when I do that, but why would I want to do that? xD
As soon as I open Task Manager, the highest usage task, labeled "System Interrupts" stays open for about 2 seconds, then closes. As soon as I close Task Manager, this all happens again.
I know it's not that tiny spike you see when opening Task Manager, as I watch my CPU temperature rise once Task Manager is closed.
Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, and Advanced SystemCare pick nothing up. Running a command in PowerShell doesn't even show me that a process was activated.
Anyone have a suggestion (other than reinstalling Windows) that I can try? I could always just leave Task Manager running, since it stays away when I do that, but why would I want to do that? xD
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