Hidden process taking up 90% of processor

Please follow our instructions for downloading and renaming HJT>
D:\Downloads\hijackthis_199\HijackThis.exe


* Click on Start, then Run ... type services.msc into the box that opens up, and press 'OK'.
* On the page that opens, scroll down to Event Log
* then right click the entry, select Properties and press Stop Service.
* When it shows that it is stopped, next please set the Start-up Type to 'Disabled'.
Do the same for Plug and Play.
* Click OK until you get back to Windows.

* Next, run HJT, but instead of scanning, click on the None of the above, just start the program button at the bottom of the choices.
* At the lower right, click on the Config button
* Then click the Misc tools button
* Select Delete an NT Service
* Copy/paste Eventlog into the box that opens, and press OK
Do the same for PlugPlay
* If you receive any error messages just ignore them and continue.
When done exit HJT.

Now
Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.

• Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
• Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
• Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.

• After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:

Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis​

Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.​

• When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
  • CounterSpy
  • AVG Antispyware log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy
  • Bitdefender - from step 6
  • Panda Scan - from step 6
  • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
  • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
  • HijackThis

NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!

 

What programs would not run on your system?

Run HijackThis and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:

After clicking fix, exit HJT.

This does not look like a malware issue.