Hi all,

Basically every few minutes or so i will get large CPU spikes that cause my audio that is playing to slow down to about 1/4 speed and my PC to lag and this lasts only for a couple of seconds. I had task manager up to try and identify which process was causing the lag but there is no one process that is going up to 70/80% CPU usages, just the standard system idle and firefox which dont change. The CPU usage graph on the performance tab confirms the spikes but as i cant identify the specific process im at a bit of a loss. I thought maybe it was a hardware problem but have now come to the conclusion its probably some sort of virus / malware issue.

I have run a SUPERantispyware scan which detected 3 trojans so i removed them, i have done a GMER scan also, logs of both are available if needed. Im just at the end of my tether over this, it makes using my PC, listening to music / playing games, pretty much doing anything really annoying.

I use XP and windows firewall. Any help you can give me would be appreciated, im happy to do any and all scans to aid a solution,

thanks for your time, Nick.