>>>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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>>Interesting, that I'm having the same problem right after I installed two new anti-virus programs.
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>Could it be the virus scans? Sometimes I think my home PC has locked up, only to see the Norton "file ... is awaiting a virus scan" pop-up on the task bar.
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>Don't know why its CPU usage should sky-rocket though.

It could be, but symptomps are very close, so I have to investigate.