I've noticed that when I leave my laptop idle for a while without interacting with it, the fan gets really loud. But as soon as I move the mouse, it quiets down. I haven't connected my laptop to the Internet in a long time and don't plan to, plus I keep everything clean and make sure the vents are unobstructed. Does anyone know what's causing this?
2 Answers
It sounds like you might have something running in the background, especially if the fan ramps up while idle. I've noticed that the Antimalware Service Executable can be pretty heavy on CPU usage, often taking up 30-40%. It's worth checking your Task Manager next time to see if that’s what's causing the fan to kick in.
Totally agree, most likely background tasks are at play here. It could be a virus or malware scan that's running on your system, consuming resources even when you aren’t using it. You might want to check if you have any scheduled scans set up.
So, it's like the laptop is always on the lookout for issues even if I'm not online? That makes sense, thanks!