>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>Starting about a week ago my home computer slowed down considerably. The CPU usage is 100%. I'm running AVG, that doesn't find any viruses. What could be the reason and how can I cure my computer?
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>>>Thanks a lot in advance.
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>>You may want to use a software like "What's running" (free for personal use), to see what's running.
www.whatsrunning.net.
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>Thanks, Hilmar.
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>The most CPU consuming is spoolsv. Why would this program be running and eating so much memory? I'm not opening lots of programs, just 2 IE and AVG.
No idea, really! It might be some sort of corruption, perhaps. Another possibility is a malware process that has supplanted the real print spooler.
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