Re: CPU 100% Virtual Memory gone

Gerry
The problem appears as I turn on my computer.
I did your tests and within a minute I could hear the circuitry going on and
on, and by minute 2 the Message stating Virtual Memory: Minimum too low
appeared. At that moment I was not even able to upload Task Manager.
The only program that runs in the background is Mcaffee

I re-started the computer and as soon as I could uploaded Task Manager to
keep track of the programs and this is what I wrote down

VM Size
explorer.exe 832,520K
iexplore.exe 9,248K
svhost.exe 10,500K
winlogon.exe 6,356K
VentC.exe 5,432K

Did a new test (to get Mem Usage)
Mem Usage
explorer.exe 122,000K
svhost.exe 2,652K
Taskmgr.exe 1,644K
lsass.exe 832K
iexplore.exe 1,012K

I mainly use the computer to collect data from different sites, and use MS
Office to work with the data collected. Sometimes I download pictures from
the webpages (secure sites) and every so often I do a PrtSc and use Paint to
cut and paste.
I have licenses for all my programs (they are all legit).
Really, I try to be as careful as I can, and not open anything suspicious.
But I am sure something got thru and I have no idea what it could be.

The reason why I think is explorer.exe is because I have seen it increase
non stop

Thanks

Lilia




"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Lilla

That kind of behaviour of behaviour is symptomatic of a corrupt file.
Not explorer. exe or necessarily the application which is running
explorer. However, if you can identify the application it narrows the
search for the cause of the problem.

Does the problem appear if you start your computer and allow your
computer to boot to the Desktop or within 5 minutes of the Desktop
establishing itself. When you conduct this test it is important that
you do not touch your keyboard or mouse as that will destry the
purpose of the test. If the the symptoms fail to appear start one only
of your typical activities and if the symptom fails to appear after
five minutes stop that activity. Test each of your normal activities
in turn until you find which activity starts the problem.

How do you know explorer.exe is implicated with the problem? If it is
Task Manager, opened by depressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click on the
Application tab in Task Manager when explorer.exe is using 100% CPU
and make a note of all applications listed. Please note that this does
not immediately identify the application causing the problem but it
might. Not all running applications are displayed on the Applications
tab and it could be one of those which is using explorer.exe. Commonly
spyware runs explorer.exe and will not appear listed on the
Applications tab. However, I would expect spyware to run as soon as
you connect to the Desktop, although establishing an internet
connection later might trigger spyware activity.

It would help to know what you use the computer for. What are the main
programmes you use?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Lilia wrote:
Hello
Every time I start my computer explorer.exe takes over the CPU
and finally a message stating I am out of Virtual memory appears.
As soon as I turn on the laptop explorer.exe starts growing
exponentially and in about a minute it reaches 100% CPU capacity
going after that into overboard and all systems collapse.
Is there any way that I can reinstall explorer.exe?
I have no virus, trojans or any kind of malware in my system,Best
Buy Geek squad just did a complete review of everything and could
figure out what the problem is.

Thanks

Lilia


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