QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 27 2015, 03:32 AM)

Aw, you went and got yourself a kitten !!!
QUOTE(Grits @ Mar 27 2015, 07:14 AM)

QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 27 2015, 03:32 AM)

D’aww!
Since I have to stand up at the computer anyway I use an inexpensive folding laptop stand with a fan in it,
like this one. Otherwise my laptop would shut down very quickly if I tried to play a game on it.
I'm seriously thinking about getting a cooling pad for mine.
I took SubRosa's advice and got Avast. My son had put MalwareBytes on the laptop before all this trouble started - well, I just noticed last night that MalwareBytes was using 71,000 kb of RAM while idling !!!!! And I was NOT on the internet!
Well, I quickly got on the internet and researched it, and it seems all of the software is using that much these days (I guess because all the PC's have gone up to 16 gig RAM). - Well, my laptop doesn't have that much ram and MalwareBytes was killing it.
Mirocu - yours was running at 50,000 kb.
The two Antivirus programs that didn't jump on the "If they got it, let's use it up" bandwagon = Webroot and Avast.
Of the two Avast's free software had a higher rating than Webroot's fee based software. So I uninstalled MalwareBytes and downloaded Avast.
My laptop is running better today than it has in weeks.
Thank you all for your help and great advice - VERY appreciated !!!