Ram usage

[WyvernAbstracts]

These pass few days my ram usage on idle has gone upto 70% were before it was using around 20-30% on idle, do you know what is causing this as it is slowing my computer down. 

[MegaDave91]

What does task manager say?

[werto165]

Control shift escape is your friend.

[WyvernAbstracts]

What does task manager say?

rapt.exe and explorer.exe, and I don't have any of them open. Also can someone tell me what is raptr? 

[Bluethulhu]

rapt.exe and explorer.exe, and I don't have any of them open. Also can someone tell me what is raptr? 

Most likely referring to this Raptr

 

From Wikipedia:

 

Raptr is a social networking website and instant messenger, targeted towards video game players. The company was founded by Dennis Fong, co-founder of Xfire, in 2007 and is located in Mountain View, CA. The company has raised 12 million dollars in funding from investors including Accel Partners and Founders Fund.

 

The client, which is a downloadable application for Microsoft Windows, supports AIM, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, Xfire, ICQ, and Facebook Chat protocols and allows users to import their Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam accounts. It also includes other features such as game/achievements tracking, in-game overlay, and game management. Raptr offers a few images showing a user's game statistics for use in signatures.

 

On the website, users add video games to their profile, as well as track game play time and achievements, share reviews, game related information, and game activity. Raptr lets users publish their gaming accomplishments to sites like Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed, and Facebook.

[WyvernAbstracts]

Most likely referring to this Raptr

 

From Wikipedia:

but i had raptr long before the ram usage spiked 

[Bluethulhu]

but i had raptr long before the ram usage spiked 

Try running a scan with MalwareBytes (warning: direct download link) and see if there are any results.

[WyvernAbstracts]

Try running a scan with MalwareBytes (warning: direct download link) and see if there are any results.

Is avg antivirus any good btw? I was running a trail version and was wondering if i should just buy it? 

[Bluethulhu]

Is avg antivirus any good btw? I was running a trail version and was wondering if i should just buy it? 

I would uninstall it and replace it with Avast. There really isn't any need to buy an AV. I run Avast with MalwareBytes (and an occasional Spybot 2 scan) and I haven't had an infection in a long time.

[WyvernAbstracts]

I would uninstall it and replace it with Avast. There really isn't any need to buy an AV. I run Avast with MalwareBytes (and an occasional Spybot 2 scan) and I haven't had an infection in a long time.

so a few thing were detected by that thing you sent me and it says pick an option, do i just pick quarantine? and apply action. 

[osbios]

rapt.exe and explorer.exe, and I don't have any of them open. Also can someone tell me what is raptr? 

 

Look not only at the applications but look at the processes. There you also can see how much memory they eat up and if one process runs amok.

The explorer.exe is always open, its not only the filebrowser/internet explorer, but also the rest of your desktop.

[Bluethulhu]

so a few thing were detected by that thing you sent me and it says pick an option, do i just pick quarantine? and apply action. 

Check all infections and click "Remove Selected", then restart your PC and see if the problem is fixed.

[WyvernAbstracts]

Check all infections and click "Remove Selected", then restart your PC and see if the problem is fixed.

still running at 70% on idle.