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⠀Prinz Eugen
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Hello,
I have recently been dealing with excessively high CPU usage for the past few weeks. I could not find what was causing it until I opened up Performance Monitor, showing me that the responsible .exes were SearchApp.exe, LockApp.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, YourPhone.exe, Microsoft.Photos.exe, backgroundTaskHost.exe, and others which I have forgot the names of (when opening up performance monitor, their names are in blue as they have been paused). When I deactivate these applications, my CPU usage normally drops from around 90% to around 25%.
I have used both Windows Defender and Malwarebytes to do full scans of my computer, but both of them failed to pick up anything wrong aside from a minor, unrelated problem picked up by Malwarebytes. I have done some searching and it appears that these applications might be Trojans designed to mine cryptocurrency (it would make sense, as it started around the time as I was doing some careless downloads).
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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I have recently been dealing with excessively high CPU usage for the past few weeks. I could not find what was causing it until I opened up Performance Monitor, showing me that the responsible .exes were SearchApp.exe, LockApp.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, YourPhone.exe, Microsoft.Photos.exe, backgroundTaskHost.exe, and others which I have forgot the names of (when opening up performance monitor, their names are in blue as they have been paused). When I deactivate these applications, my CPU usage normally drops from around 90% to around 25%.
I have used both Windows Defender and Malwarebytes to do full scans of my computer, but both of them failed to pick up anything wrong aside from a minor, unrelated problem picked up by Malwarebytes. I have done some searching and it appears that these applications might be Trojans designed to mine cryptocurrency (it would make sense, as it started around the time as I was doing some careless downloads).
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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