I have a laptop with Intel Core i5-460M processor and 4 GB memory. And I am using Windows 7. Form several days I found that my laptop's processor usage is 100% even when I am doing nothing. Memory is not filled but processor works 100% always and the laptop get heated and the CPU fan works in it's best speed.
Things I realized was,
- The machine gets over heated.
- The machine gets damn slower.
- Couldn't run any lager program.
- Couldn't find any virus or trojan.
I scanned my machine several times using Avast home edition which was up to date. However I couldn't find what it is about. Then I opened Task Manager and in Task Manager I opened Performance tab which shows the CPU usage. In their also CPU usage was 100%. Then I opened Resource Monitor which is in the same tab. There I could find two processes named
fahcore_78.exe. When I stop process it starts again. So I suspended the process then CPU speed went to it's normal usage. Around 5% when there is
no other things are not running. Then I searched for this fahcore_78.exe then I found it on a sub folder of C:/ drive named folding@home. I went in there and there was an uninstall app. I simply uninstall the application. And after deleted the folder named folding@home. Then my machine came to it's normal behavior. NO OVER HEATING, NOT slow as a bullock cart anymore.
What is this fahcore_78.exe?
Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.
