Question Freezes, application errors, anti-virus issues

harry.skoyles

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Jan 3, 2018
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510
Hello all,

I've run into a weird issue recently. Last night while watching Youtube, Chrome and then my computer froze (black screen). After a hard power off and restart, I noticed Spotify opened up as a blank Window and I was unable to kill the process in task manager (access denied error). I ran into a couple more instances of machine/applications freezing.

I've tried to run a virus scan (Kapersky) but the scan never actually starts, and I seem unable to uninstall or reinstall applications. When I restart, it sits on the blue "restarting..." screen much longer than normal. Today, I got an NVIDIA Share not responding error and when I try to run Geforce Experience, it gives me an error.

I am really not sure what is going on or what my options are. I am not sure if it's a virus, drivers, etc. i can run Malware Bytes which picks up nothing. Before these issues the computer was acting fine and just before these issues, I was gaming with no problem (Outer Worlds). After these issues started I installed a windows update but notice no diference.

Please advise what my next steps should be or what I need to look for. Thank you!
 

harry.skoyles

Prominent
Jan 3, 2018
4
0
510
This is a Powerspec G314

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K (SR33A)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC Mate
RAM: 2 x 8GB DDR4-3000 Shipping Memory: Gskill F4-3000D15-C16GVK
Hard Drive #1: Sandisk SD8SBU-480G-1122
Optical Drive #1 : ASUS DRW-24F1ST
Video Card: MSI GTX 1070 AERO 8G
Card Reader: 4 in 1 Integrated on Chassis
Wireless: ASUS PCE-AC51 Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper 212
Evo Case: SunPro 767C
Power Supply: EVGA 100-W1-0500-KR