Disk usage sky rockets

LiamGamerr

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Hi guys I am really struggling to find a solution at the moment for this.

Basically, sometimes when idle, my disk usage will be at 100 percent. Also, when I start an application such as a steam game, it sky rockets to 100 percent too.

I have ran a virus check with AVG, windows defender and Kaspersky trial and it all came back as no threats found.

I found corupt files in my system so I repaired them.

But this hasn't fixed the problem.

I also checked my RAM and it came back fine. However I have not checked it physically. Only software-wise.

I still need to do a check on my hard drive too.

Any ideas what this could be? Its really frustrating as I think this is the reason that my GPU is under performing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Alright, looks like there's no registry malware present, run their removal process of these files, restart, scan again without opening a browser, and restart in safe mode without networking and with admin.
You should try deleting these files with admin privileges, similar to what i've said above, but without regedit, just using file explorer logged in...


Go through your installed programs and uninstall any programs that you don't recognise or use, just check they aren't microsoft oriented through a quick google search.
The typical offenders are stuff like Opera and fake antiviruses.
This sounds like a registry issue, possibly a root kit. These are usually found in places such as Google and Microsoft folders in your registry under gibberish names to disguise themselves.
Get Super Anti Spyware. It does not look very professional, as the UI is quite old, but rest assured it is very reputable, and I have used it for years. It picks up stuff which Norton, AVG etc. misses completely, as it scans all registry files and unpacks them rather than scanning the compressed folder and moving on which helps to detect cookie related viruses which take up CPU/Disk load.

Run a full scan on your computer and export a copy of the quarantine folder in .txt format with all directories fully visible (drag the bar at the top) to a secondary device such as a phone or laptop to read off during the next step. Note that if you have several thousand of these viruses they are most likely attached to Google Chrome or the like, and will restart upon you opening this browser.
First, clear your chrome browser history along with all cookies, and sign out of your google account in settings if you are logged in at all.
Run the Super Anti Spyware removal process which should take a few mins, restart the computer, and run a second full scan, repeating the steps above before moving on.

Restart your computer in safe mode with networking and administrator privileges.
You'll want to type 'run' into the search bar, and a windows .exe file will appear that looks like this, excuse the huge image link.
https://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevenforums.com%2Fgeek%2Fgars%2Fimages%2F4%2F7%2Ftypes%2Fthumb_Run.png&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevenforums.com%2Ftutorials%2F21246-run-command-create-shortcut.html&docid=Jc-XzHk1C5PBpM&tbnid=H_16nBfVjS3-mM%3A&w=100&h=100&safe=strict&bih=658&biw=1280&ved=0ahUKEwic-veoifTNAhXMQpQKHcuyDiwQMwgdKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8

Run this mentioned .exe and type 'regedit' into the bar.
You'll now want to pull up the .txt file mentioned earlier, and go through each H_KEY directory right clicking and deleting the viruses present in the scan you did. It is tedious but it works.
Restart after you are done (shut down first.) and do a standard boot.
Run a scan again to be sure and let me know if you have any issues or if viruses are still present.
 

LiamGamerr

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Hello Chugalug_. Thanks for the reply you are a life saver. I am currently scanning with super antispyware. And I will move on to the next steps when its done. One problem I have is that I don't have a laptop and my phone is an iphone that I don't want to put virus's onto. Any way around this? Thanks~
 

It's just a .txt file you're exporting, so you can scan it if you want.
The best way to do this in your case if you're skeptical about that is to scan the txt file, and copy and paste the text into an email before sending it to yourself through a secure program such as outlook in a message.

 

LiamGamerr

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Update: I have just completed the scan, I have the .txt file and am about to export it to my phone. The results are as follows: Memory items scanned : 845
Memory threats detected : 0
Registry items scanned : 59370
Registry threats detected : 0
File items scanned : 38488
File threats detected : 1668

It says I found tracking objects, adware and a tracking cookie.
 

Alright, looks like there's no registry malware present, run their removal process of these files, restart, scan again without opening a browser, and restart in safe mode without networking and with admin.
You should try deleting these files with admin privileges, similar to what i've said above, but without regedit, just using file explorer logged in as admin.
After that you should be good.

 
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