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Message 992385 - Posted: 28 Apr 2010, 2:33:53 UTC

I came to my pc finding it having weird calculating patterns and then the bars skyrocketed. I was able to grab a pic of this. Please Help! [http://i43.tinypic.com/34g0gib.jpg/img]


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Message 992394 - Posted: 28 Apr 2010, 3:57:25 UTC - in response to Message 992385.  

looks like you found a very noisy WU. something that the software cleanup didnt catch.


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Message 992622 - Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 2:17:34 UTC - in response to Message 992394.  

WU? What is that? How come this signal is soo noisy? Could it be of extraterrestrial origin?
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Message 992635 - Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 4:30:56 UTC - in response to Message 992622.  

WU? What is that? How come this signal is soo noisy? Could it be of extraterrestrial origin?

WU = work unit.

The noisiest WUs are generated from right here on earth.


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