I know theres alot of computer savy people on this forum, so I'm posting another computer question in here.

I'm having a problem with my computer. When I watch a video in firefox or IE, from a site like google videos, my CPU usage goes up to like 100%, and then its all choppy. Its never done this before until about a week ago.

I've done every virus scan, spyware, and so many friggin things, trust me, i've done it, and I dont have a virus or anything like that. I've used about 10 different programs for so many things, found a few things, got them off, and thats that.

I've used:

- Ccleaner
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Ad-Aware SE
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Microsoft Antispyware
- AVG
- NOD32
- CWShredder
- Kill2Me
- Bitdefender
and PandaActiveScan

anything that was found, was deleted and is now gone, and basically there was not much found in the first place.

Anyone have any ideas?

Last edited by Playa24_7 on Jan-27-2006 at 01:26

1. Reboot.
2. Reinstall.
3. Reformat.

(The 2HP.ca Radio filestore is having #3 done right now).

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I love flattening and reinstalling everything.

In fact, my Athlon64 box needs that right about now. It's been a while.

NOTHING cleans like a format - its lovely when the computer acts all brand new..

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 In fact, my Athlon64 box needs that right about now. It's been a while.

ditto

athlon64 ftw!!

speaking of which .. does anyone hav a problem with Firefox that causes it to increase in virtual memory size as u leave it open over time ? i thought it was the download history and cleared that on download, but the problem still persists.. any ideas?

sorry to threadjack Playa24_7..

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH ditto athlon64 ftw!!

High five.

I want an Athlon64x2.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL speaking of which .. does anyone hav a problem with Firefox that causes it to increase in virtual memory size as u leave it open over time ? i thought it was the download history and cleared that on download, but the problem still persists.. any ideas? sorry to threadjack Playa24_7..

no worrys
I also have that problem lol

Firefox has a memory leak. It's well known and will be fixed in the near future.

I had no idea about this until I read about it actually just last week. Having lots of RAM makes you forget things

Reformatting is such a pain in the ass... but worth it if you're having all sorts of random issues that you can't figure out.

Mine needs one too soon ...

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 High five. I want an Athlon64x2.

We have an Athlon 64 x2 4200+ system at work with a 19" LCD for $1399. It's giggity-goodness!

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Firefox has a memory leak. It's well known and will be fixed in the near future.

Zat ist correcte.

Dan, how much RAM do you have?