My computer was suddenly become very slow and up to 60% of the CPU is being used up even when I'm not running intensive programs, is there any way to resolve this?
Backstory:
At points over 20% of the CPU was being used by google chrome alone!! It all began when I was browsing the internet and then when on a particular site it downloaded (without my permission) a file called 'download' into my downloads folder. I hastily deleted this document and continued on browsing. Shortly after my google chrome began displaying the message that my network was not secure (same with incognito when I tried it) as a result i deleted all my history 'since the beginning of time' along with all cookies. However this problem continued so I decided to delete and re install google chrome. When on Internet explorer to re download chrome the same message about security was displayed but when I searched google for a second time it went away. After successfully re installing chrome the problem appeared to be gone but then my computer became a potato:banghead:, I can't emphasise enough how long it took to load things. My computer was using literal GB of RAM for no apparent reason. Also my mouse keeps on freezinf. This has never happened before and I have scanned my computer using ESET NOD32 multiple times. This turned up nothing.
If anyone has any idea what the problem is or how to fix it it will be much appreciated.
Also DDS doesn't seem to work for me, something about compatibility mode, which I am not familiar.
Backstory:
At points over 20% of the CPU was being used by google chrome alone!! It all began when I was browsing the internet and then when on a particular site it downloaded (without my permission) a file called 'download' into my downloads folder. I hastily deleted this document and continued on browsing. Shortly after my google chrome began displaying the message that my network was not secure (same with incognito when I tried it) as a result i deleted all my history 'since the beginning of time' along with all cookies. However this problem continued so I decided to delete and re install google chrome. When on Internet explorer to re download chrome the same message about security was displayed but when I searched google for a second time it went away. After successfully re installing chrome the problem appeared to be gone but then my computer became a potato:banghead:, I can't emphasise enough how long it took to load things. My computer was using literal GB of RAM for no apparent reason. Also my mouse keeps on freezinf. This has never happened before and I have scanned my computer using ESET NOD32 multiple times. This turned up nothing.
If anyone has any idea what the problem is or how to fix it it will be much appreciated.
Also DDS doesn't seem to work for me, something about compatibility mode, which I am not familiar.