Steam.exe *32 Using 25% of my CPU all the time

[Nails]

The Steam.exe program is always using 25% of my CPU, even when no games or downloads are going on. I have an i5 quad core processorrunning at 4Ghz, 16GB memory and an SSD hard drive. I have disabled my AV, shut down any app that may be causing issues with steam and it still happens. Lastly I uninstalled steam, rebooted my computer and re-installed steam and the same thing happens.

This has been going on for months.

I have searched and found other people having the same issue but I have yet to see a solution that works. Has anyone figured this out yet?

[Muppet among Puppets]

"Steam.exe *32"
Check where this process is running from.

It looks like a bitcoiner malware

[Nails]

Program Files (x86)\steam

[Muppet among Puppets]

Is that where you installed steam?

[Nails]

I just took the default, I didn't tell steam where to install. I do have malwarebytes and Kaspersky AV on my PC. I have done full scans and they don't find any viruses or malware.

[Nails]

I thought the *32 just shows that it is a 32bit app vs 64bit.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Steam has no 64 bit.

[SassyPapaya]

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[Brash Shinobi]

бывает

[Nails]

As I said earlier, I completely uninstalled steam, rebooted, then re-installed steam and it is still using 25% CPU all time steam is running, more when I am playing a steam game.

Tried it, the flush didnt work. followed all the instructions and it is still using 25% of CPU.

[Nails]

FYI - I was able to fix my issue. I installed the beta steam client and my issue went away.

[Hasllich]

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[aDrian.L]

same problem