CPU spikes

[Guest]

When I start windows, the music that plays when I start up windows sounds
like it "lags" or it skips. When I try to run programs my mouse jitters and
"lags" similar to the start up music. When I took a look at the CPU Usage
History, it showed spikes in CPU usage when I am not running any programs or
any music. It seems something is causing the computer to use a lot of the
processing power and I can't seem to point out what it is, cause nothing I
did would seem to cause something like this. What could I do to help solve
this problem, or what steps do I take to find out what the problem is?

 

[Galen]

In RC Mogan <RC (e-mail address removed)> had this to say:

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When I start windows, the music that plays when I start up windows
sounds like it "lags" or it skips. When I try to run programs my
mouse jitters and "lags" similar to the start up music. When I took a
look at the CPU Usage History, it showed spikes in CPU usage when I
am not running any programs or any music. It seems something is
causing the computer to use a lot of the processing power and I can't
seem to point out what it is, cause nothing I did would seem to cause
something like this. What could I do to help solve this problem, or
what steps do I take to find out what the problem is?

Without additional information the first suggestion I'd offer would be to
check for malware. Does the system display these same symptoms in safe mode?

Malware Cleaning :
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Terra Prime]

When I start windows, the music that plays when I start up windows
sounds like it "lags" or it skips. When I try to run programs my
mouse jitters and "lags" similar to the start up music. When I took a
look at the CPU Usage History, it showed spikes in CPU usage when I
am not running any programs or any music. It seems something is
causing the computer to use a lot of the processing power and I can't
seem to point out what it is, cause nothing I did would seem to cause
something like this. What could I do to help solve this problem, or
what steps do I take to find out what the problem is?

Sounds like spyware to me..... and while you are at it... run a virus scan
as well.
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Use these spyware scanners to erraticate your spyware problem:
*Make sure you check for spyware definition updates for all of these
scanners before using them.

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4
http://www.safer-networking.org

Ad-Aware SE 1.06 Personal
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spyware Blaster 3.4
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spy Sweeper 4.0.3 Build 405
http://www.webroot.com

XoftSpy 4.15
http://www.paretologic.com

CWShredder 2.15*
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

* = Use the standalone version of CWShredder.