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    Computer Dogging After Mining Software Installation

    in Resolved Malware Removal Logs

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    Hello again,

    So my PC has been dogging ever since I installed a new mining software that had just come out, My IT senses were tingling and I just had to try it to find out what mining was like; my mistake. Luckily It was on as lab computer and not sensitive info is on it. Ran Malware bytes (Frree) and it popped up with 5 different malware items...and I know the installation file had some sort of chipset binding, was a red flag but to late to stop after installation had started. The name of the software is called Kryptex.

     

    I notice it most when using any application that is not a system program like explorer or powershell etc. The malwarebytes scan came back with 4 trojans and a riskware malware programs.

     

    Any help is appreciated as always I feel like Im your best and worst customer

    Addition.txt FRST.txt

    Sluggish and Freezing after installing EVGA Flow Control

    in General Windows PC Help

    Posted

    May have given myself too much credit in the title; but I am just noticing this really now. I just installed a CLC AIO into my new computer and afterwards my computer has been "sluggish". It froze last night was sluggish today and I just noticed that my BIOS was reset. Any ideas as to what to look for/suggestions for troubleshooting?

    MSI B550 Plus with Windows 11 Home

     

     

    Please and thank you.

    CPU Running at 50% when just browsing i7-1065G7

    in Resolved Malware Removal Logs

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

    I wouldn't worry too much about the Intel vs. Ryzen issue. Both CPUs have Pros and Cons. The M1 is reasonably new for MAC and a lot of programs still don't run on it.

    The main point is that spikes are normal but within a few seconds or less that spike should drop down. If you're consuming 50% of the CPU and it just will not go down and you're only running one instance of the browser then yes something is probably wrong. But in what you show the CPU use is down to 2%

     

    Best of luck with your studies. Over time you'll learn more and more and better and better opportunities for work will come your way I'm sure in time.

     

     

    Yeah some students were unable to run virtual box; I had no problems even running 2 VMs at the same time so the laptop does what it was intended to do; and will now again thank you so much! So much more information I am learning that I would not have learned in the fast tracked curriculum at the university, so I am taking the change with a grain of sugar xD. Just learning about CPUs and how they work with memory now but I am having fun even just transferring notes from paper to Word, so I know I will enjoy the field and hopefully find the dedication to continue learning through out my career. Thank you for the kind words!

     

    24 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

    Let's go ahead and do some clean-up work and remove the tools and logs we've run.

    Please download KpRm by kernel-panik and save it to your desktop.

    • right-click kprm_(version).exe and select Run as Administrator.
    • Read and accept the disclaimer.
    • When the tool opens, ensure all boxes under Actions are checked.
    • Under Delete Quarantines select Delete Now, then click Run.
    • Once complete, click OK.
    • A log will open in Notepad titled kprm-(date).txt.
    • Please attach that file to your next reply. (not compulsory)

     

    Further reading if you like to keep up on the malware threat scene: Malwarebytes Blog  https://blog.malwarebytes.com/

    Hopefully, we've been able to assist you with correcting your system issues.

    Thank you for using Malwarebytes

     

    Again, thank you for the help!

    kprm-20220322125705.txt

    CPU Running at 50% when just browsing i7-1065G7

    in Resolved Malware Removal Logs

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

    So, unless something else is going on your system appears to be working normally at this time.

     

     

    I do know passmark but I don’t know how one score relates to another except maybe what percentage of performance one CPU has compared to another. What that percentage means is beyond me.

     

    I actually started studying Cybersecurity last year at UCF and they required an INTEL i7 processor; my knowledge of CPUs told me that Ryzen outperformed the 10th gen Intel CPUs but Intel was the requirement so that is what I bought. After getting into class I saw that other students had Ryzen and even M1 processors so I have been a bit resentful since; I know I could have bought a better Ryzen laptop for the same price.

    The only resource demanding operation I planned on using the laptop for is virtualization; which I had no issues with but that was a while ago. I couldn’t afford the tuition, so as one of my instructors suggested I bought some courses on Udemy and actually decided to get my A+ cert which was not taught in the course at UCF. I have since tried to stream with streamlabs, not having issues there really, and playing Valorant, where I have had great issues although the system requirements seemed to be adequate unless I am misjudging the G7 graphics controller.

    If it looks good to you I believe you! Really, thank you so much! I am glad there was at least a little thing wrong and you were able to help me out.

     

    Thank you most kindly

    CPU Running at 50% when just browsing i7-1065G7

    in Resolved Malware Removal Logs

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

    What you're showing does not look to be out of the normal.

    Windows consumes 4 to 5 GB with no other real programs running. If you only had 4 GB of RAM it wouldn't use that much as it would swap out memory to the hard drive back and forth but when you have available physical memory it will use it.

    You have 188 processes running. Every process takes at least a very small portion of CPU and memory to run.

     

    Please run the following

     

     

    Please download HWiNFO the Professional System Information and Diagnostics program.
    HWiNFO Portable for Windows

    Unzip the program to its own folder such as: C:\HWiNFO
    Go to the new folder and locate the file C:\HWiNFO\HWiNFO64.exe and double-click to run it.
    Click the RUN button.
    Ignore the update, click close.
    Click on Save Report and choose HTML and click Next, then Finish
    By default, it will create a new report named COMPUTER.HTM in the same folder as the program. C:\HWiNFO
    Please zip that file and attach it to your next reply

    Thank you

    OHHH I see... I just assumed that since 4GB was the requirements it would be using less.

    I was going to ask you about where to save these tools/utilites. An uncle, years ago (Windows XP), told me to not save things on my desktop to conserve ram and that the quick launch was the best option for those files. I still have FRST in my downloads file...Should I move it, Should I keep them out of the program files folder (I don't know which ones are 32 bit or 64 bit), I was thinking of just making a "recovery" or similar file on the CDrive.

    CPU Running at 50% when just browsing i7-1065G7

    in Resolved Malware Removal Logs

    Posted

    1 hour ago, AdvancedSetup said:

    We need to determine what real expectations are.  A spike is normal. I'm running an i9--9900K processor, NVMe SSD, and 64GB or RAM and I still get spikes when launching items. That is normal and to be expected. Does the spike drop within a few seconds is the question.

    I have 34 Microsoft Edge tabs open consuming 2GB of RAM and I have 3 instances of Firefox running, each with about 10 to 15 tabs open and combined they take about 2GB of RAM as well. Then all the other junk that runs on a modern Windows 10 system.

    For me, CPU is about 12% average and Memory is about 24% of physical memory and that is normal.

     

    Now, if you launch a browser and it goes up to 100% but immediately drops back down to a normal percentage of say less than 5% for that instance alone then I'd say it's normal.

    So, you tell us what you're experiencing please.

     

     

    It actually didn't even spike this time. I am attaching a screen grab of Task Manager (post opening the browser; just as I started typing this reply). The spike was maybe 30-35% when opening just now (earlier it did spike all the way to 100%, which I have not seen)

    RAM Usage has been over 4GB (of 16GB) even as I turned on the laptop (nothing opened but task manager).

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