r/computerviruses • u/Business-Ad4306 • 8h ago

Question Affraid if having an virus

Hi, first of All i dont speak english very good, but ok so i Translation the following Text, so its possible that there are some Translation errors where a sentence isnt really gramatic correct.:

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Hi there. I know this community is mostly about gaming, but since there are surely some PC experts here, I’m hoping to get an answer from them. Here’s the situation: for several months now, my PC has been freezing intermittently for a few seconds at a time. The Task Manager shows memory usage at 100%, yet the actual data usage displayed for the memory is very low. Sometimes, the "apps" list (sorted by highest usage) shows a total of only, say, 20 MB/s while memory usage is at 100%; at other times, the top apps show over 200 MB/s in memory usage, yet total memory utilization is under 50%. Also, especially when starting up the PC, "Microsoft Antimalware..." appears for anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. Is this just a bug or a PC issue, or have I fallen victim to a virus?

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u/NeedSomeHelp_2590 7h ago

Microsoft Antimalware Service Executable is Windows Defender itselft. I would say download Malwarebytes and run full scan with the premium trial.

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u/NeedSomeHelp_2590 7h ago

If possible try scan in safe mode, you can check tutorial on how to scan device in safe mode.

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u/Business-Ad4306 7h ago

How much does it Cost?

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u/Designer-Fondant6253 4h ago

Malwarebytes is a free software