How to tell where GPU usage is coming from?

[Cookybiscuit]

I have a GTX 780  reference card and its worked totally fine since I got it at launch, however since about a week ago its been randomly pegged at 99% usage just sitting at the desktop.

 

If I go into windows processes and close 'mdm* 32' it stops doing it and returns to idle. Also, I've noticed that if my internet cuts out the same thing happens, which kind of implies I have some kind of mining virus or something?

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Thanks.

[thekeemo]

sounds like you have a BTC miner

[Steven9595]

@Cookybiscuit Have you tried running a virus scan? or looking under installed programs on the control panel to see if anything was installed that you didn't install?

[ZainJ51]

I have a GTX 780  reference card and its worked totally fine since I got it at launch, however since about a week ago its been randomly pegged at 99% usage just sitting at the desktop.

 

If I go into windows processes and close 'mdm* 32' it stops doing it and returns to idle. Also, I've noticed that if my internet cuts out the same thing happens, which kind of implies I have some kind of mining virus or something?

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Thanks.

You need to check if that is linked with a miner, what I did was I enabled Windows Defender and it stopped entirely. I found out it was a miner attached to my "svchost" process that ran and used 50% of my CPU everytime my PC turned on, so I located the process in task manager and right clicked it > Properties > and in the details somewhere it said someones Bitcoin Wallet Address and that's when I knew it was a miner, it was linked to a pool.

[blu4]

You have a miner, get checked up as soon as possible!

[Cookybiscuit]

Nothing in installed programs, would Malwarebytes work for detecting this? I used to use it but then it started crashing when scanning.

 

Been using my computer without an antivirus, so probably my own fault.