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Sabin Grigore

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After 5h of PC uptime, my memory reach 98% without reason ( I can see that on Task Manager ). I checked on Task Manager all processes and there are no processes that can limit my Memory, only usual processes. It is a virus or what ?
 
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"audiodg.exe" is a part of Windows Vista and Windows 7. System services like audio drivers run in different and isolated login session from the locally logged-in user in Windows Vista or Windows 7. This ensures that content and plug-ins cannot be modified by other applications (e.g. by spyware)."

Hmm... with this description... you likely have a virus or rouge program trying to get into your audio files in order to spy on you (a backdoor, maybe?). The process might be using a ton of RAM due to it attempting to defending itself (it may also be a rouge...
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Sabin Grigore

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I checked Resource Manager, i have 8GB Ram, 4GB occupied and i have like 2 processes with over 100.000 KP occupied and other bellow 100.000 KP, and still 4 GB Ram occupied. ( After some time it reach like 7.5g occupied )
 
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Sabin Grigore

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My Specs:

Motherboard : 960GM-VGS3 FX
CPU : AMD FX 6300
GPU : NVIDIA GTX 960
Memory : 8 GB
Storage : 1TB.

Here's a screenshot :
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As you can see, I have in use 5500mb of memory, but in Resource Monitor, there are only 3 processes with over 100mb of memory, the rest is below 100mb memory used and also i have 67% of my 8GB memory used with 4h of uptime, if i reach 7-8h of up time, the memory used reach 98%
 
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Well I'm not seeing any one item that is taking too much, however you aren't at 98% here in the screenshot either. Skype seems to be taking up some space. For me, I leave Chrome open with a dozen tabs, and my used is around the 5GB mark. This is with Windows 10. My two biggest hoggers of RAM are Chrome and System and Compressed.

Can we get a screenshot of the actual behaviour when it's at 98%? Same stuff as you've provided, just taken when you are at 98%

There are only two things that I can think of that could cause this, either you have some sort of malware, or you have an errant application that is leaking memory. A memory leak is when an application after using memory, doesn't relinquish it back to the OS after it's finished with it. So the OS believes that memory is in active use when in fact the application that used it has orphaned it.

If you've done scans with your AV software and MalwareBytes, you can be relatively certain it's not malware. Which leaves the last possibility, a memory leak. It is likely an application that you leave running, could be either something you explicitly launch, or a startup that sits in your System Tray.
 
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Well unfortunately there isn't an obvious culprit here. Skype is using a little more, uTorrent a little less.

As for Chrome, I wasn't suggesting it was a problem, I was just using it as an example of what was eating my memory. However I don't have a memory leak, my memory usage stays pretty static.

So back to your issue. This may take some trial and error. The easiest thing to do, is boot your computer up and don't launch anything, just let it sit. If the memory usage starts to creep up with time, then you know it's one of your startups or background tasks. If it doesn't, then it's likely a program that you regularly use.

With the results of this test, then you need to start eliminating possibilities. I think it's likely something that starts with you computer versus something that you launch and run and close on your own. In this case there are two ways to handle the startups, either remove them one by one testing each time to see if the leak is gone, or stop them all. The upside to stopping them all is that on the first test, you'll know if you are on the right track. Then you'd add them back one by one until the leak returns.

I might start with your P2P software, uTorrent.
 
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"audiodg.exe" is a part of Windows Vista and Windows 7. System services like audio drivers run in different and isolated login session from the locally logged-in user in Windows Vista or Windows 7. This ensures that content and plug-ins cannot be modified by other applications (e.g. by spyware)."

Hmm... with this description... you likely have a virus or rouge program trying to get into your audio files in order to spy on you (a backdoor, maybe?). The process might be using a ton of RAM due to it attempting to defending itself (it may also be a rouge process disguising itself as a system process to trick you). I dunno about you, but I would install this: https://www.malwarebytes.org/ | Malwarebytes is a super swag anti-malware that kills anything trying to mess with your computer, including unwanted/rouge programs (Not many other programs do this). If what I stated above is true, this will fix your issue. <3
 
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