Computer: Windows 64-bit, X390 Yoga
(Processor and RAM shouldn't be important but I will list them anyways, sorry if its not in useful terms I'm mostly computer illiterate)
Processor: CORE i7 8th gen
Ram: 16GB, not sure what kind.
When I play games on my computer, or do anything resource intensive for that matter, usually my laptop runs smoothly. Every once and awhile, though, it will have huge lag spikes for 15-30 seconds, then return to the normal speed all of the sudden. It is not a gradual decay to and from lag, it is a sudden spike that makes doing most things infuriating. This problem had persisted for about two months now, and I've been using resource manager to monitor the results. From what I've gathered, the lag is corresponded with the opening of powershell.exe, which opens without my action, and leaves no trace on my laptop, except in resource manager.
Is this malware? Sophos/Windows Defender says my laptop is clean, so I'd say likely not. But if its not malware and its just a regular scheduled function, do you know any ways to prevent it from happening?
Thanks a million