Posted April 2, 201410 yr Windows 7 on older ASUS laptop with 3G RAM Running MSE AND Malabyte Malware per computer builder's (now questionable) recommendation. Tried MSE full scan to try to fix sometimes hourly run-up of CPU from 2-3% to 100%. Scan is approximately 90% complete (1,312,809 items scanned) but will not finish because the CPU is running at or near 100% -- occasionally dropping to 90-95%, so MSE is only scanning 2-3 items per second. The variable culprits in high CPU use are: taskmgr.exe Jim taskhost.exe LOCAL dwm.exe Jim msmpeng.exe SYSTEM mssec.exe Jim svchost.exe LOCAL svchoset.exe SYSTEM I have read about problems in each area and have repeatedly ended taskhost.exe -- the only process I am comfortable ending -- to try to free up a little capacity, but that only seems to work for a matter of minutes. MSE has been scanning for 50:20:00! Any help would be immensely appreciated. Jim Keenan Continue reading...
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