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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
While I am not the guy to help fix this...
What you described does not automatically indicate malware.
Could it be? Sure.
But it could also be a normal task firing off that has an issue.
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Good point, Dave.
I agree.
It could even be randomness.
Could be a normal task firing off.
One thing that was annoying was the "Intel Optane memory" or similarly named task. Laptop is not quite that fast/powerful, and the caching of memory was self-defeating in terms of resource usage for that new feature., so that is a thing I generally close upon restarting...
So yea, there is some uncertainty involved.
That said, there's some chance that this malware is the issue.
Something is causing a resource bonanza, when task manager is not open.
I can have the laptop doing nothing, and it goes wild VRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMM it's almost unbearable...
but now since I noticed it again, opened task manager, I have 5 sets of Microsoft Edge windows (pps for GP, Tam, Mah, PRX, RANDOM), 56processes indicated(just for edge alone), and the laptop is quiet, and the AC adapter box has cooled.
I don't know for sure, but thought it was interesting
