so i bought a laptop yesterday, used but in mint condition.. used less then 40 times and is in awesome shape
its just a netbook.


anyways i wad download crazy and i think i may have a virus, even though norton doesnt pick it up when i scanned.
but i could even be wrong.

anyways my cpu usage is through the roof, even just using internet,
not 100% all the time but jumping from 20 - 100 literally every second or two.

i dont believe it was like this when i got it.. so i think i did it.

is there anything free or easy i can do.

its a toshiba nb555d

with windows 7 starter.
id even like to reboot 100% to factory settings as to where i literally just bought the thing which is what the lady had done to it.

i just dont know how to etc.

Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. It should detect any remaining warez.

would rebooting solve any problems?
clearly i havent downloaded much i wouldnt mind losing what ever it was i did download

Your netbook probably came with recovery discs, windows discs, and/or instructions for wiping it. Do you have a warranty?

Personally I'm not a big fan of Norton (its a resource hog)

Avg
Avast
Microsoft Security essentials

Are all good free anti virus's

Kaspersky (if u want to pay)

Malwarebytes & Spybot S&D for maleware

Reboot ur system in safe mode & use one of the Antivirus's I mentioned + malewarebytes & Spybot S&D

They will pick up any virus/maleware u may have in ur system

A fresh restore should be a last resort

no discs
i think windows 7 starter is just auto installed on the drive.

i wouldnt mind a reset...
if anyone could help me do that id appreciate it.


ive scanned for viruses and malware and nothing.


could there be another reason my cpu usage is stupid high

This post was edited by Tear on Aug 9 2011 08:42am

It should show you what process is using the CPU in task manager.

go to start->run and type in services.msc

tell me what is taking the most cpu

i get a service window that just had a list of everything running, with no numbers anywhere

you need to open the task manager, press ctrl+alt+delete
then go in processes