I am sorry this the only screenshot i have, my laptop fan suddenly started up and wouldnt stop for like an hour so i opened sytem monitor and this was taking 25% cpu usage

      • fubo@lemmy.world
        371·
        1 year ago

        A process can change its name. If I wanted to make sneaky malware for Linux, I’d have it call itself more or something innocuous too.

        The correct answer is “this is not enough information”. Why should a real more process eat ¼ of a core for any substantial amount of time?

        • Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.mlOP
          21·
          1 year ago

          is there like a competent antivirus i could use: the system is freshly installed and i havent used any shady software; everything from the repo and a hash checked tor browser(I didnt visit any shady site just clearnet browsing)

          • fubo@lemmy.world
            11·
            1 year ago

            Then it’s probably just more. Again: your post did not contain enough information for anyone to provide an answer to your question.

            Antivirus doesn’t do what it promises. The only general solution for a compromised system is a clean reinstall. (This is true in Windows too.)

          • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            is there like a competent antivirus i could use: the system is freshly installed and i havent used any shady software;

            There are several antivirus solutions for Linux, but you shouldn’t need them if you do not execute stuff you downloaded outside of your package manager. The maintainers of your distribution are supposed to check if their packages contain viruses.

      • FMT99@lemmy.world
        10·
        1 year ago

        If it’s a virus presumably it will return. Keep an eye (or ear) on your fan, especially after a restart.

      • badbytes@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        Id recommend you install “top” (I know nix funny names) and if run it, will show processes sortable by resource. But I think you are fine.