CPU Usage

[Guest]

XP Home boots up fine to the desktop. As soon as I start anything, the CPU jumps up to 100% usage. Can't do anything after that. Any thoughts anybody
Thank you.

 

[roger]

Hi M Ferri,

XP Home boots up fine to the desktop. As soon as I start anything, the CPU jumps up to 100% usage. Can't do anything after that. Any thoughts anybody?
Thank you.

Run an online scan at one of the following:
Trend Micro HouseCall:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/

Panda Active Scan:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Perform a malware scan using updated ad-aware and spybot, both free

More info about parasites:
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

Hope this helps.