I was just having breakfast and when I came back I heard from the other room that my laptop had aired out at the loudest level. I only had a Word document open Adobe Reader and Firefox, so nothing that is very expensive. I also have an i7 processor and the laptop is quite new. Now I'm afraid that I have malware on my laptop or something else harmful. In addition, on all devices in the WLAN, I also get such strange advertisements in front of YouTube videos that promote a site that actually has a hidden virus. (Piggy coupon). G data, malwarebytes and Windows Defender find nothing. Has my router been hacked / manipulated?
What does the Task Manager say?
Unlikely if you haven't downloaded or installed any questionable stuff. Maybe a website with crypto mining in the background.
Otherwise any freeware programs installed or installer?
Unlikely. Have a look in the TaskManager if there are any processes open that eat up performance, if not just some update or something else was in the background
Nothing noticeable so in the foreground only the things that are really used are displayed. Background programs all draw almost nothing
No garnix, even had my laptop completely reinstalled about 2 weeks ago
What about the services?
So no utilization, as I understand it. What do the temperatures say?
The only thing I find strange is that behind the Firefox application in Task Manager so ne 7 is displayed even though I only have it open once
You can click on the arrow and see which services run on Firefox.
Approx. 45% RAM utilization and CPU 8% and network 1% disk 0% and GPU 37% temperature rather cool because so much air flowed
There are 7 things that all consume something even though I only have 1 tab open where does that come from?
Possibly cleaning the fan but if it is new it is strange, the cooler may be broken so production errors
GPU 37%? The graphic card / unit will be charged. What programs are causing these loads?
There could be the problem, have a look at google to see what services they are, if they are unknown to you.
Also Firefox where I watch a video
These are normal sub-processes, it is not dramatic. With Firefox in particular, this is between 6 and 10 depending on the version and addons
Is it just Firefox for sure?
Yes, actually
Firefox always has high or medium power consumption
Close Firefox. Is the utilization then gone?
What about the temperatures? They actually cause such problems.
Yes then I see it as soon as I don't watch a video in Firefox. Now there's no noise and the temperature is quite normal I think
I would recommend a Kaspersky Rescue USB Bootstick. You create it like this: First download the Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO: https://support.kaspersky.com/de/viruses/krd2018 Then write the ISO with Rufus https://rufus.ie/ on an empty formatted stick. When finished, just boot this stick and follow the instructions of the wizard. The Kaspersky Rescue USB Bootstick has already eliminated extremely stubborn malware where other virus protection programs have failed.
You should also install an ad blocker. I recommend uBlock Origin. This is available as a web browser addon for Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Edge.
Here's another tip: Instead of Adobe Reader, I recommend Foxit Reader. It can also display PDFs and it is also free: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/...df-reader/ It is also faster than the Adobe Reader.
What could be that your cpu is overheating for whatever reason. Then it may also be that he lowers the performance somewhat and of course wants to cool properly. Shouldn't actually happen with a new device, but laptops in particular are susceptible to this
So what. It wasn't a virus or anything. If the fan turns on, which can happen, it is just a little bit warmer. It is enough if the room is warmer or it is in the sun. Of course, also under load.
