Friday, November 25, 2016
Unexpected perpetual program runs
What's going on here?
Noticed that the computer seemed to be 'busy' and slow when I wasn't doing much of anything. Checked the task manager and found
Irfan was using 50% of CPU time. I use Irfan a lot, but I hadn't intentionally left it open. When I deliberately run it minimized, it shows 0% CPU.
Something similar happened a few days ago with Gom Audio. I use the Gom video viewer a lot, but rarely use the Audio. I had used it once and closed it, then it continued running for a day, using 50% of CPU.
Is this a virus of some kind? Am I serving a bot?
AVG full scan shows nothing. Tried a System Restore to an earlier date, see if that halts this oddity.
¶ 10:54 AM 
Irfan was using 50% of CPU time. I use Irfan a lot, but I hadn't intentionally left it open. When I deliberately run it minimized, it shows 0% CPU.
Something similar happened a few days ago with Gom Audio. I use the Gom video viewer a lot, but rarely use the Audio. I had used it once and closed it, then it continued running for a day, using 50% of CPU.
Is this a virus of some kind? Am I serving a bot?
AVG full scan shows nothing. Tried a System Restore to an earlier date, see if that halts this oddity.
¶ 10:54 AM
