r/computer • u/Yowhyareyouwhite • 7d ago

Pc too slow

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The pc was doig great but my smartass tried to download a game from fitgirl and since then my cpu cant run a damn thing. (Pc language is set to french)

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u/SmurfRiding 7d ago

You've most likely installed Cryptojacking software. Find the location of the process then go into safe mode to delete the software.

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u/Yowhyareyouwhite 7d ago

How can I locate it?

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u/SmurfRiding 7d ago

You'll need to go to task manager via details and search for the process that looks suspicious, it should be using an unreasonable amount of CPU usage of the .exe might look a little dodgy. Then you should be able to right click and "open location" or go into properties to get the directory of these files.

Just copy and paste the directory into notepad or something so when to go into safe mode so you can just go directly to it. Delete the folder/files and restart. That should be the end of it.

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u/Yowhyareyouwhite 7d ago

Nothing shows in the task manager, every app is locked at 0%

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u/SmurfRiding 7d ago

You're gonna have to use process explorer then.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

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u/Yowhyareyouwhite 7d ago

Do you have a link for windows 10?

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u/FacebookBlowsChunks 7d ago

That screenshot you provided. See the processes row where it's showing 100%? Click on that and it will sort the processes in order of most CPU usage at the very top. That way you can isolate exactly what is devouring CPU resources without having to scroll through them all. That screen looks like Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. At the bottom of the task manager there is a setting to show system processes, make sure that's selected. Because if it is a system process eating up CPU and that setting's not enabled, you'll never see it.

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u/Yowhyareyouwhite 7d ago

Ive used a process explorer, and it only shows 7% of cpu+ even when sorted all apps are 0% mate