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Webhelper process

kelbal · 2016-02-13 09:41:45

Hi guys. When I'm browsing on Chrome on my Windows 10 laptop, it frequently runs very very slow. I look in task manager and a process called WebHelper is chewing up about one third of the CPU. I've googled this and thre's no clear explanation of what it is, one of the suggestions is to remove WebHelper.dll from the PC, but…

13-02-2016 9:41am

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kelbal

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Hi guys. When I'm browsing on Chrome on my Windows 10 laptop, it frequently runs very very slow. I look in task manager and a process called WebHelper is chewing up about one third of the CPU. I've googled this and thre's no clear explanation of what it is, one of the suggestions is to remove WebHelper.dll from the PC, but this isn't on my system.

Any ideas of what it is and how to stop it using so much of my CPU?

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#2 13-02-2016 5:26pm

andekwarhola

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I know it seems simplistic but try uninstalling Chrome and doing a fresh install. I had a Chrome issue where multiple tabs were hanging and the browser freezing up and it seemed to do the trick. Also check your extensions?

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