I have a relatively new and relatively high end HP desktop (vintage 2019) and recently it's become wanky. It boots and works fine but after a while (an hour or so) becomes sluggish and some programs freeze up, and google chrome has a hard time connecting to sites and finishing page download. Task manager does not show any unusual performance issues.
I do not run much on this pc (mostly google chrome, MS office including outlook, paperport, bestnotes and dashlane).
I am worried that I have a virus or malware that is commandeering the internet connection, but malwarebytes and mcaffee scans show no issues. Any advice on what I should look at? And if I decide to reinstall windows 10 to be safe, can I do that without a windows cd (e.g. using reset)? If so, and if I select to do a full install without saving files, will that likely eliminate any malware or virus I may have?
I do not run much on this pc (mostly google chrome, MS office including outlook, paperport, bestnotes and dashlane).
I am worried that I have a virus or malware that is commandeering the internet connection, but malwarebytes and mcaffee scans show no issues. Any advice on what I should look at? And if I decide to reinstall windows 10 to be safe, can I do that without a windows cd (e.g. using reset)? If so, and if I select to do a full install without saving files, will that likely eliminate any malware or virus I may have?