Windows 10: windows powershell appears some time after i boot up my pc

so after some time after i boot up my pc a windows powershell window pops up and closes, after i go check task manager i see from 3 to 5 windows powershell opened. atleast one of them uses 1 giga of ram and other just use lower amounts of ram from 20 to 200mb, and atleast one of them uses 5%+ of processor. i dont know why it happens but it just does. Scanned my PC a lot of times using Windows Defender full scan and Norton Full Scan.

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Windows Powershell auto opens when booting up

Hi Victor,

To stop Windows Powershell to start whenever you boot up your laptop, we suggest you to follow the steps listed below for selecting the services you want to run at startup:

• Search System Configurationfrom the taskbar.
  
• Select the top result, System Configuration desktop app.
• Go to the Startup tab on the System Configuration main window.
• Uncheck the box next to Windows Powershell program.
• Click OK.
• Click Restart to restart your computer.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

PowerShell randomly poping-up in tool bar

Hello,

Just to verify, do you have any scheduled tasks that uses Powershell? Scheduled tasks makes Powershell window appear periodically on your computer, therefore we suggest that you check the Task Scheduler. Here are the steps:

• Click on Start.
• In the search bar, type Task Scheduler and click on
  
  Task Scheduler in the results.
• Under Active Tasks, check for any tasks that use Powershell and the scheduled time.

If the issue still persist, we suggest that you run a Windows Defender scan to see if it will pick up any malware that the first scan missed.

Let us know the outcome.

 

Windows powershell randomly popping up.

Hi Fabian,

Scheduled tasks that use Powershell can cause the Powershell window to appear periodically on your computer. We suggest that you check the Task Scheduler.

• Click on Start.
• In the search bar, type Task Scheduler and click on
  Task Scheduler in the results.
• Under Active Tasks, check for any tasks that use Powershell and the scheduled time.

Malware can also cause this issue. We suggest that you use Windows Defender or a third-party security software to scan your system.

Keep us updated with the results.