On 8/29/13 6:53 AM +0900, Erness Wild wrote:
Trane Francks wrote:
On 8/28/13 5:03 PM +0900, Philip Taylor wrote:
Erness Wild wrote:
I don't think it's seamonkey causing the increased cpu usage.
if I launch seamonkey without an internet connection then this
doesn't happen. Seems to be the wifi doing it even when I have
no software open and the computer not running anything. If I
disconnect from the internet then the computer cools down and the
cpu fan shuts off.
Without wishing to worry you unnecessarily, I would be inclined to
install some IP-monitoring functionality and find out which process
is causing this high network traffic and to which IP address(es).
It /could/ be something malign of which you are currently (and
blissfully) unaware.
Philip Taylor
+1 on this. High CPU load in the presence of a network connection that
is independent of application usage is often indicative of malware.
Probably a good idea to do a thorough scan with Malwarebytes, McAfee
Stinger and Sophos's rootkit checker.
Well I ran the Sophos rootkit tool, although after I downloaded it
it announced itself as a virus checker. It gave me a clean bill of
health with 0 virus's found.
Note that I didn't use 'or' between the list of anti-malware apps. Each
has a different function and addresses different attack vectors. I
realize the scans take a lot of time and are inconvenient, but it's
worth doing the Malwarebytes and McAfee scans, too, IMO.
Best of luck with it.
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