When I start up my computer (Windows 7) I always run Task Manager to kill any buggy programs if they occur. About a week ago, when I did so, I noticed that Explorer.exe
was taking up 70 percent of the CPU according to Task Manager.
This is DEFINITELY a new development, and I assumed it was a virus of some sort. So I scanned with AVG, then JRT and then even proceeded to run SpyHunter on it. None of them picked up anything.
I searched online and the latest results I'm getting from Google are from 2012 or 2011. Not very relevant. I've resorted to just killing Explorer.exe
and using the Task Manager's "new task" feature to start all of my programs. But it's getting irritating, especially as my computer is primarily for gaming and coding and both take up more than 30 percent of my CPU.
Now when I run a game, either it's a stuttery crawl (even with Explorer.exe
canned) or I have to wait about an hour to get it to run smoothly. I would REALLY like to solve this, though I don't have very much space on my hard drive, so any low-space solutions would really be appreciated.
Thanks,
~Keelen