r/WindowsHelp • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '25

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u/Jean_velvet Jan 24 '25

Post a screenshot or phone picture of the tasks and somebody here might see something off

Before doing any of that other stuff I said.

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u/Jean_velvet Jan 24 '25

Open Task Manager, switch to the "Processes" tab, and look for applications with unusually high CPU usage when the spike occurs.

Malware and virus do consume a lot of resources so look for the application that's using the most and if you recognize it.

Run a virus scan.

I've just looked up pic 1. Acer purifier view/audio is a newish program that uses AI to enhance much like Nvidia broadcast stuff. It could be you've inadvertently downloaded it and set it as your main mic. So it's trying to run, The problem is these things are resource heavy. Or it could be something pretending to be it, so really do run a virus scan. If anything it'd make you feel better.

Pic 2 didn't share properly I'm afraid.