Computer Crashing... Cannot Use! +REP for help!

[karling07]

Ok this is a really weird problem;

About an hour ago, I was doing a bunch of stuff at once. I had open AutoCad, GTA: San Andreas, Bitcomet, Photoshop, Firefox, Paint, Etc... Obviously this is a lot of stuff, but my PC was doing fine; everything was going really fast!

Then I finished with all that stuff, so I closed it all out and just basically left up AIM & torrents and thats it. So then, I noticed the entire computer was going really slow. Like I'd go to open firefox and it would stop for a while, freeze, then open firefox like 10 seconds later. And everything else was going realllly slow. So I looked @ task manager and it said 54% of CPU! Where is this coming from??

So then I thought I should just restart, so I did, and when it comes back on (desktop loaded and everything), I can't move the mouse or use any keyboard buttons at all. I cannot do ANYTHING. Just stare at the desktop...

What happened??? It was doing fine and then when I CLOSED all of the stuff it got slow!

 

[Jamxx]

Start in safe mode.

 

[karling07]

Alright, I'll try that; and no idea if this is a virus, or just an overload or something? I just want to make sure I haven't hurt the CPU or anything

 

[Jamxx]

As long as your temperatures were okay, you're fine. You had a torrent and Firefox open, and they aren't impregnable forces, so you might have contracted a virus. Hope all goes well!

 

[Half Evil]

I have had the same problem. Several times. Over the past month or two. There is no way to fix it with out a reformat. AT least not that im aware of. I just restart my computer again, and its fine.

I can see how it might be a virus, because your situation seems slightly different, so go ahead and boot in safe mode, do some checks for the usual, come back and tell us how it went.

 

[karling07]

Ok safe mode booted up and I can use everything, but it won't let me access Outlook because it says a message about it being unsafe...

CPU usage is back to normal now though and speeds are fine. So might outlook be the problem?

 

[Half Evil]

Well, do you use it? If you dont, take it out just incase. If you do, scan just the Outlook folder for a virus.