PSPrashant

Thank you so much for the detailed responses from all of you. 1. On the Malwarebytes scheduling: It's a tool I downloaded, installed and scheduled to run just for the last 1 week after I first posted on the other forum in an attempt to identify the malware causing high CPU usage. But this issue is something I am facing for more than 18 months I think. Anyway I have scheduled it to run only once a day. 2. I removed Kaspersky completely now using the tool provided. 3. I changed the settings on CCleaner as advised. After making the above changes, doing a restart and having my task manager open for several seconds, I captured the following screenshot. The problem is with the Windows Audio Device Isolation service that keeps running all the time despite 'ending task' often. Please note that my CPU fan speed is ALWAYS super high So it's hard to convince myself that its just a Windows bug in displaying the wrong % for the initial few seconds.

Thank you for the clear steps. Please find the attached logs. PSPK.zip mbst-grab-results.zip

As part of the previous post, I was asked to uninstall Kaspersky which I did. But the behavior is still the same. No, there is no spike in network/bandwidth usage when the CPU is at 100%. Please note that that the "system is not idle". Even when I have a few simple applications open like (word, excel, etc.) it shoots up to 100%.

Hi Team, My CPU usage is always at 90% or 100%. But when I open task manager, after a couple of seconds it drops to 30-50%. Suspecting malwares, I started a new topic here (link below) but after several steps/fixes, there were no malwares identified in the system. The staff recommended me to create my own topic in this forum to see if its Windows related.

Nothing there as well.

Unfortunately, the issue still exists. Always at 100%. Opening Task Manager reduces the CPU Usage to 60%.

Any update on this one?

Thanks Ron for the prompt response. Please see the attached fixlog.txt Please note that during restart, the PC went through a disk check. Fixlog.txt

Okay here you go. FRST and Addition text files are attached. Along with them, I managed to pull the logs from Step 2 from the C:\AdwCleaner\Logs path. Let me know. FRST.txt Addition.txt AdwCleaner_Debug.log AdwCleaner[S00].txt

It's been more than 2 hours and still no progress!

Thank you for your reply. I completed Step 1. Attached the log. During Step 2, it showed me a list of presinstalled components on the PC (attached). I selected all and clicked 'Quarantine'. Its been more than 35 mins but the cleaning process is still going on. Is this normal? Step 1.txt

Just like lot other posts in this forum, I see my CPU usage at a high of 70%+ always. But when I open the task manager, it drops down to under 20%. I tried to follow the instructions given here: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/241749-cpu-usage-high-until-i-open-task-manager/ But, after I install the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware software and restart the machine, this newly installed application doesn't open up at all. Thanks in advance for your help!