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CPU Usage Maxed Out

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adobe_plugin.exe is eating all 4 CPU cores, I found a mozilla site using IE, that said to do about:config then set dom.ipc.plugins.enabled; to false. Done.

Rebooted checked my CPU usage nothing running except for stuff that cannot be turned off. CPU back at 100%, ended the process, my CPU went to almost nothing.

adobe_plugin.exe is eating all 4 CPU cores, I found a mozilla site using IE, that said to do about:config then set dom.ipc.plugins.enabled; to false. Done. Rebooted checked my CPU usage nothing running except for stuff that cannot be turned off. CPU back at 100%, ended the process, my CPU went to almost nothing.

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Found the problem and the solution, the problem was Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.E, the solution was found at Encyclopedia entry: Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.E - Learn more about malware - Microsoft Malware Protection Center

I ran the MS Security Scanner it found it and deleted it

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Found the problem and the solution, the problem was Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.E, the solution was found at Encyclopedia entry: Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.E - Learn more about malware - Microsoft Malware Protection Center

I ran the MS Security Scanner it found it and deleted it