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I just recently got this problem on my computer, my GPU is running very hot and loud on desktop, I looked at MSI Afterburner and the GPU is under full load. This was before the GeForce experience Windows 10 update. I updated and I was fine for exactly 24 hours and than the problem surfaced again. I checked Anti Malvare and nothing, I manually checked for suspicious background activities, nothing, and searched for bit mining virus manually, nothing. What Should I do?

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Check your power saving settings just in case if none works then Idk

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thermal paste

im calling it

Its at 100% load not overheating?

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thermal paste

im calling it

bad thermal paste does not make a GPU go to 100% for no reason...

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is your MPC-HC or any media player on behind that uses gpu acceleration ? 

show your task manager and background apps screencap 

 

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try uninstalling and reinstalling geforce experience

 

IF that removes the drivers with it I don't remember if it does

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Its at 100% load not overheating?

Why would it overheat? The cooler is fine.

 

bad thermal paste does not make a GPU go to 100% for no reason...

Exacty

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Why would it overheat? The cooler is fine.

 

Exactly

That's the point I was making just with a lack of punctuation

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Read the OTHER post I made.

just fyi, when you enter a topic, replies made after you enter the topic do not show up until you either refresh the page or post a reply

so no, your second post was not there when I replied since it was almost at the exact same time

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just fyi, when you enter a topic, replies made after you enter the topic do not show up until you either refresh the page or post a reply

so no, your second post was not there when I replied since it was almost at the exact same time

just so you know how things work around here

i know how ipboard works

and tbh didn't know you didn't refresh :P

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i know how ipboard works

and tbh didn't know you didn't refresh :P

why would I refresh if im in the middle of typing a reply...

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Sorry, there is too much people to quote i wont quote anyone.

I clean intalled Geforce experience and now it works fine but last time around I only had 24 for hours until the proble showing again so now I just have to wait for tomorrow. :)

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Sorry, there is too much people to quote i wont quote anyone.

I clean intalled Geforce experience and now it works fine but last time around I only had 24 for hours until the proble showing again so now I just have to wait for tomorrow. :)

If the problem still comes back I would suggest doing a fresh install even. That or look for programs with networking activity after it re-appears, that way you might find the mining malware.

AFAIK no virus protection yet will scan the Vram for viruses, so those are going to be a bit useless...

 

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If the problem still comes back I would suggest doing a fresh install even. That or look for programs with networking activity after it re-appears, that way you might find the mining malware.

AFAIK no virus protection yet will scan the Vram for viruses, so those are going to be a bit useless...

 

Is there anything running in the background?

 

try uninstalling and reinstalling geforce experience

 

IF that removes the drivers with it I don't remember if it does

 

is your MPC-HC or any media player on behind that uses gpu acceleration ? 

show your task manager and background apps screencap 

 

well then

he's using windows 10

probably drivers then

 

Check your power saving settings just in case if none works then Idk

The problem is back and I found the source. An exe bitcoin mining software called "sgminer.exe". 

I havent installed anything recently so it must have been around for a while on my computer. 

It is a very sophisticated software as if the GPU gets under load by the user whith eg. a game it gives over the processing power so the user wouldn't notice a thing. 

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However since it has a very close relation whith the GPU my clean intalll of the GeForce experience the code and files were corrupted so the software got a memory leak, it started using a lot of CPU power for that and it got recognised immediatelly. It was shining brite like a diamond with lots of Windows warning messeges, 100% of ram, cpu and gpu usage, it overvhelmed my PC in 3.5 hours and the visual output was compromised.

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After looking in the soure of this I found that there is a CPUminer and a GPU miner softwere separatelly but since the CPU miner is not corrupted yet it doesn't show up anywhere.

The uninstall button seems to work, everything is fine sice.

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Malware with an un-install program??!! Who makes this stuff up?

 

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