Somethings up with my ram

Hi, ive noticed recently even after i wiped my pc that I'm always using 10 gigs of ram even with only 1 light task running. Can anyone help?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:08 AM

how much ram do you have? what operating system are you running?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:08 AM

16 tn

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:08 AM

windows

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:08 AM

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:08 AM

that's a bit big but thtat is still normal

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:09 AM

windows 11 does use a lot of ram by itself

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:09 AM

though you can definitely look at task manager and see if something's hogging ram that isn't supposed to be

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

rn its just discord, feather client, spotify, and medal

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

and thats taking up like 7 gigs in itself

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

the rest is prob windoes

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

yea that's normal

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

windows

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:11 AM

it is how it is, the usual recommendation for new computers these days is 32gb minimum

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

its just that randomly weird stuff happenes

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

16 gb is a minimum but unless you're really tight on budget you should just do 32gb if you're building yourself

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

not anymore

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

yes that happens with computers

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

like the lag

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

that's normal

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

but then i knew i was hacked cause when i tried to open task manager it restarted my pc

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:12 AM

if it's not stopping you from using your computer it's probably just the magic box of magic being magic

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

have you tried switching to linux

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

i barely know coding

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

you reinstalled windows already right?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

did you download something you shouldn't've?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:13 AM

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

do you think you still have a virus?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

and i have bitdefender plus windows defender

Gguninvalid over coax alliance do you think you still have a virus?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

possibly tho

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

do you have reason to believe you still have a virus?

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

yes

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

i mean

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

what reason? lag is not a reason

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

just my internet lagging randomly

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:14 AM

yes that's the magic box of magic being magic

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:15 AM

and no one else in the house had that problem

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:15 AM

sometimes magic just is a little slow

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:15 AM

if anything it's more surprising how well everything still works than that it's slow sometimes

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:15 AM

does bitdefender check for rootkits

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

you don't have a rootkit

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

if you didn't download something you shouldn't've, you don't have a rootkit

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

this one guy tried to convince me i had a rootkit to get me to download a file called "download.exe"

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

yea that guy was trying to get you to download a rootkit

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

:brainless:

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:16 AM

calling it a scanner

V4zI_OP•9/30/25, 3:17 AM

also, one thing people have told me is that downloading python can make my pc vunerable