7850 high gpu usage in desktop

[delmanicomio]

Hi all,

i bought 2days ago sapphire 7850 2gb dual-x and everything was perfect after crappy card

but today i hear fan sound while in desktop and check gpu usage

and its weird high, no 3d apps!

and it lowering my game performance
yesterday was nfs MW2012 50-60fps today after high usage its 19-20

i did many thing removed hwinfo,afterburner

using 12.11 beta11 and installed 12.10 but its still same

i deleted everyapps, opened overdrive in CCC and waited

in 3 min gpu usage gets high, even idle!

hardware or software problem?

here is a picture

 

[KingFatty]

If you boot into safe mode, does the GPU get super-hot and you hear the fan spinning up?

 

[Binky]

It could be a virus. Maybe a bitcoin-based virus. This type of thing could also be bundled with freeware programs - I know digsby has a "research" module that does CPU crunching.

http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-bitcoinminer