Question about cpu usage and anti spy ware software

[iloci]

is 40%-50% cpu usage normal on a dual core AMD Athlon 64 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20 ghz and is there any way to lower it? and

 

 

 

My fire wall was turned off for about half a day and my computer got swarmed with spyway, its been running slower and i can hear noises from inside it. is there any free anti spyware software anyone would recommend to delete and prevent it?

 

 

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

 

Loc

[adam_ross0]

Free anti-spyware software?

 

 

 

Spybot: Search and Destroy

 

Ad-Aware

 

Avast

 

Hijack This

 

 

 

Those are the 4 I've heard the best about. I have a...well, an ancient computer in my room...I scanned with Spybot, and it's actually running quite a bit faster now.

[blade995]

is 40%-50% cpu usage normal on a dual core AMD Athlon 64 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20 ghz and is there any way to lower it? and

 

 

 

My fire wall was turned off for about half a day and my computer got swarmed with spyway, its been running slower and i can hear noises from inside it. is there any free anti spyware software anyone would recommend to delete and prevent it?

 

 

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

 

Loc

 

 

 

Well your cpu may be normal, it may be not. You did not tell us what you were doing when your usage was like this. If your computer was idle when it was using 50% then thats not normal, but if you had programs open or were playing a game it could be very normal.

 

 

 

For the virus/spyware programs above, they are all good but please note that hijackthis is not an automatic spyware remover and you have to check what you want to remove manually. It shows both good and bad processes so don' remove everything.