[SOLVED] Windows on idle using 8gb ram

[Akerhage]

Can anyone help me with this, my windows is eating memory on idle. I found some suspicious soundmodule.exe located in appdata/microsoft that is eating 2.5gb ram?
Can this be some maleware? And is this process tree looking suspicious?

 

[TerryLaze]

Seems to be a crypto coin miner,delete as soon as possible.
https://anti-malware.gridinsoft.com...miner-virus-investigation-step-by-step-guide/

 

[Traditore]

soundmodule.exe is a malware. A miner. Get a free virus removal tool to get rid of it https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/virus-removal-tool.aspx

 

[Akerhage]

thanks, downloading sophos right now!

 

[Akerhage]

I did manually removed the soundmodule från appdata and from the register entry. So Sophos did not find anything more then "Mal/Generic-S "

I will run a new scan now after restart.

RAM is down to 14% now after a restart. Im guessing that 4-5GB RAM on idle is OK?