[SOLVED] Question about background processes

[Nigel94]

when I open task manager I have over 100(at least) tasks aside from the programs im running🤔.. Is this normal?? see screenshots.


https://wetransfer.com/downloads/56...cd3c3fc09b3a9988bf28435320200318003858/2861fe

 

[Ralston18]

Not sure about the link you provided - its' behavior raised all sorts of alarm flags in my mind so I immediately left.

Post your screenshots using the instructions in the following link:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2173703/post-images-tomshardware-guide.html

 

[mdd1963]

I have only 98....

 

[mdd1963]

you can run Microsft/SysInternal's Process Explorer, and turn on Virus Total stats, and get a quick effective glance as to if any of the processes running seem suspicious...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Additionally, a quick install/ run of Malwarebytes' Antimalware never hurts, and has an excellent reputation for noticing added junk/malware over the years...

 

[Nigel94]

thanks Ralston/mdd here is a dropbox link for more details. Tell me if this is normal or if there is something suspicious.. my pc has slowed down quite a bit.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjrvf6yc3ydp2jf/Task Manager 2020-03-20 06-46-32.mp4?dl=0

 

[Ralston18]

The count can vary significantly. I have about 150 Processes running via Task Manager.

(Side bar: Interesting - a bit higher than what I expected so I am going to go back later and take a closer look....)_

Overall though, I do not pay that much attention to the physical count per se. Windows is always doing all sorts of things and what is what is difficult to determine.

Use the Status %'s to identify named processes that may be taking, using, demanding high % values. Click the column headers to sort the results in descending order.

Resource Monitor will do much the same.

People are often tempted to just kill some process that appears to be an issue. May not end well....

If some process seems to be dominating resources, google the process and learn what it is and what it is doing.

Could be some corrupted or buggy app. Or it could be a matter of inefficient code. Or just an app that, by its purpose and nature, simply requires lots of memory or CPU use for example.

Look in the Start Up tab. Ensure that you indeed want and need all of those apps being launched boot up.

Easy enough to set up a desktop icon to allow you to launch an app as you need to use it versus having it always running in the background.