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GPU usage at 100% when idle

arielfall
By arielfall
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Hey guys,

 

I noticed on my brother's computer that his GPU usage is stuck at 100% all the time.

 

However when I went into task manager to check which process was doing so it immediately dropped to 0% again.

 

What's happening? I think he's got a mining virus?

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Try disabling the internet, so mining isn't possible and run a virus scanner to see it that'll help. 

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Probably a miner come in, I've had one before. No other reason I can think of that would cause it! 

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33 minutes ago, arielfall said:

However when I went into task manager to check which process was doing so it immediately dropped to 0% again.

How did you notice it was at 100% if the task manager doesn't show it?

 

Either way it doesn look like a miner malware, run a malwarebytes scan together with whatever AV you're used to.

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6 hours ago, Sauron said:

How did you notice it was at 100% if the task manager doesn't show it?

 

Either way it doesn look like a miner malware, run a malwarebytes scan together with whatever AV you're used to.

I have MSI Afterburner and ASUS GPU Tweak running.

 

 

Thanks guys!

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