Processor Usage Is Growing...

[Chris Marsh]

I have a strange problem that I don't know how to resolve except rebooting.
My processors (dual Xeon workstation) are sitting at between 23% - 26% usage
when doing nothing at all. The System Idle process then runs at about 75%.
The culprit is image name System.

Image Name = System
PID = 4
CPU = 26%
User Name = System
User Objects = 0
VM Size = 32k
Mem Usage = 88k

I cannot kill the process, I have zero viruses listed in Symantec, the only
thing I can do is reboot to kill the process. Your assistance is
appreciated.

Thank you,

Chris

 

[D.Currie]

I have a strange problem that I don't know how to resolve except rebooting.
My processors (dual Xeon workstation) are sitting at between 23% - 26% usage
when doing nothing at all. The System Idle process then runs at about 75%.
The culprit is image name System.

Image Name = System
PID = 4
CPU = 26%
User Name = System
User Objects = 0
VM Size = 32k
Mem Usage = 88k

I cannot kill the process, I have zero viruses listed in Symantec, the only
thing I can do is reboot to kill the process. Your assistance is
appreciated.

Thank you,

Chris

There is a virus that uses system.exe (or maybe it's spyware...) but it's in
a different location than the "real" system file. Try running an online AV
program and run Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware and see it that's what
you've got going. If it does come up as spyware or a virus, you may need to
delete it manually, though. But at least you'll know what and where it is. I
just got rid of a bug like that and it was pretty well hidden.