CPU Usage

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Nick

In the Task Manager, my CPU Usage registers 50-60% with
zero programs running. The "system" and "system idle
process" seem to be the ones using the most. Is this
normal and if not, what can I do to correct it?

Thanks, Nick
 
It sounds like you have the "system idle" trojan.

It takes up so much resources because it is a backdoor server, monitors all
your keystrokes, and continuously monitors for passwords and credit card
information. When such data is entered on web sites, it uploads this
information discreetly through a number of dynamic relays on a P2P network.
Many law enforcement agencies have been trying to trace it to those
receiving this information, but so far have not been successful.

Your best course of action would be to format your hard drive, reinstall an
OS, change all your passwords, then contact all your credit card companies
and have them issue new cards.

Next time, install a virus scanner before you go online.

-

I'm joking.

The "System Idle Process" that you see in Windows Task Manager is simply
just a loop being executed from within the Windows kernel. It keeps the
processor fully active, regardless of how little else is being executed.
Think of it as a "bit stuffer". Its normal to see this running at 90
percent or higher. In fact, you can basically think of the CPU percentage
of this process as how much CPU resources you have free.

Question about "System Idle Process" comes up often. Microsoft probably
should've created a subsection for the Processes window in Window Task
Manager for it and labelled the amount of CPU resources it has in use as
"CPU Free". This would've prevented confusion.

-Eric

(Sorry if I made your heat skip a beat at first.)
 
sorry eric, but if you don't know anything about the issue you shouldn't
reply with junk.
 
Hi Nick,

I have the same problem, and it is not normal no! The usual amount of cpu
usage should be 2-4%

This has happened to me before and I solved it the last time. I restored my
computer to an earlier date when I did not have this problem. It happened
right after a windows update.

This time I am not so lucky. I do not have good restore points to go back
to. I have tried everything, running virus checkers, spyware checkers,
disconnecting all preferials, running safe mode. Nope the processor usage is
going about 60-70%. Using F8 I also ran XP on debugging mode, I don't even
know what that is, but then it is 30-40% instead in my case. still clueless.
The only thing left is to format system disk and reinstall.

I have read a deal about this, seems like no one knows any solution. I read
someone had made it lower by resetting the bios. Well I am not going to do
that. don't know how really and don't think it's the solution.

Please if you come up with a solution tell me too...
 
I fixed it this time too.. load failsafe harware settings.
(though I know this didnt work ast time, but worked this time)
 
Nick said:
In the Task Manager, my CPU Usage registers 50-60% with
zero programs running. The "system" and "system idle
process" seem to be the ones using the most. Is this
normal and if not, what can I do to correct it?

Thanks, Nick
Click to expand...

Suggest you look up the definition of 'idle'...
 
(Top posting to follow your convention)

My apologies, you are correct.

Keep doing your system restores and I'm sure you will eventually get that
"system idle process" down to using only 1 percent of CPU resources.

-Eric
 
Direct from Micro$oft $upport web page:

"System Idle Process - You cannot end this process from Task Manager.
This process is a single thread running on each processor, which has the
sole task of accounting for processor time when the system isn't
processing other threads. In Task Manager, expect this process to
account for the majority of processor time."
 
Don't worry about it.

It's just that when you search for the solution you run across hundreds and
hundreds
of replies like that. But yours was actually funny. hehe. and it gives an
extra heart beat
or two =) specially since I got msblast 2 hours after the first news
release, there wasn't
an anti virus that could recognise it.

but turns out this one is an undocumented bug in xp sp1.

oh and thank you for following my posting convention. isn't cumbersome to
need
scrolling all the way down just to see the answer isnt it?

thanks. have fun.
 
Hi Guys, I'm not pc savvy but my Wins XP system also was
running it's processor at 95-100%. In my case it
was 'cleanmsg', gobbling up ALL the processing resources.
That's the disc clean utility. It malfunctions running
continuously in this file is
also runnung for you.
 
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