Ok, my line of work.... finally <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />
Ok, start with 3 things in this order:
download:
EnditAll2 Spybot Search and Destroy Run EnditAll and see what all is running... you may "protect" your vital programs (like antivirus etc.... but keep this as LITTLE as possible)...
[color:"orange"] Please note: Unprotect anything that just says "Services" as a name... yes it is your MS services, but VERY VERY often it is infected with something at that point in time. You may also unprotect ANYTHING that you are not sure of the name / description... the program will have its own description of the vital stuff (and the very vital stuff will have a lock with a green aura) [/color]
After that is done. Click on the "Kill all" button. Refresh the screen, wait 60 seconds, refresh again.... kill anything that happened to run in that time.
AFter you have that done.
Run Spybot S&D. During installation Make sure that you install the "Teatimer"
The program starts with a wizzard, so let it immunize your computer, let it update, and do all those things....
After that, before you even check for problems.... click on "Mode" and change it to advanced.
In the "tools" section at the left hand side, you will find "startup"
Go through the list (there is a description tab that you can open up on the right hand side.... this will tell you what you should keep and what you may SAFELY delete (dont be scared to DELETE the stuff that is marked, "spyware or resource hog"
Stuff that are marked "not usually nescesary" you can deside if you REALLY need them on startup.
Files marked with numbers or just random letters that are running from the following directories:
..\windows\
..\windows\system32\
DELETE THEM OUT OF YOUR STARTUP, they are viruses and will likely not get detected by antivirus programs because they cloak themselves.
runt he check in spybot, and fix all the problems.
after that go back to tools and run a "system internals" check and delete all the problems it finds (i have never found this to cause any problems, since it only shows you regestry entries that points to missing targets / files - So its safe to delete all these)
After all this....
go to :
Trend Micro's Housecall Let them do a full system scan for virusses.
After that restart your system and run spybot again.
See if your CPU usage is back to normal now (some computers startup with a 100% cpu usage, but that should never continue for more than 2 minutes at most), after that your cpu usage should be under 20 % until you run programs.
If that doesnt fix it, run Enditall again and write down all the stuff that is running, run spybot and write down all the stuff in startup and pm it to me.... i should be able to tell you which one is the culprit)
