constant freezeing cpu at 100%

esa193

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i have a pentuim 3 1.1 ghz with half a gig of ram and a nvidia 5500fx graphics card and about a week ago ive bin freezing like crazy using simple programs like fire fox and aim
idk wats wrong with it but my cpu shoots up to a 100 just web browsing
never used to do this used go to 30 and back
dont no wats wrong can u guys help me out?
 
U installed anything to make this happen do u think? Drivers etc

Also this could be a sign of a virus or spyware. Make sure u check for trojans, worms etc. My brother had something similar was a pain to get rid of, his froze when using the net (100% cpu usage etc).

Check the task manager and make sure nothing is running that isnt supposed to be, if ur unsure of a task name google it, or ask here :)
 
nothing using up any thing unnormal and i install stuph all the time but i think it might be malware mabey?
im usaly very good with the stuph i dowloade
 
www.avast.com do a good small free virus checking tool that also finds malware. I believe hte program is on the bottom left as u log onto that site. Also Microsoft have a malicious removal tool every month, shud get it in the updates. No idea if its any good.
 
tu so much hopefully i can go back to using aim/firefox/limewire
and a little easy gaming on the side
 
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