My laptop got virus?!

[questionmark10]

My laptop battery keep running out real fast, usually i can use it for like 6-7 hours now maybe 3 hours or less, and i need to plug in my charger, if not sometimes i gets error all of the sudden, can somebody help me with this?

 

[COLGeek]

Have you scanned your system for malware and viruses lately? In Task Manager, do you see any unknown/unrecognized apps eating up memory or CPU utilization? How old is the laptop?

 

[questionmark10]

2 years old maybe? I scanned months ago but there's nothing wrong, until a few weeks ago windows security center saying my laptop got a virus.

 

[COLGeek]

Well, it seems like a new scan is certainly in order. What antivirus are you using?

I also recommend downloading and installing Malwarebytes and scanning your system with it:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

The free version is fine.

 

[questionmark10]

Well i used avast free antivirus and windows defender security centre, from my windows 10

 

[COLGeek]

Either of those should be fine as long as updated. Perform full scans. Remove everything identified.

Do the same for Malwarebytes.

 

[questionmark10]

Ok, THANKS man.

 

[Avast-Team]

questionmark -- let us know how it works out! You may also want to try running a boot-time scan with Avast, as malware can sometimes repopulate itself. Details on how to do that: https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/132/