System idle Process

From: "Brian LaPlante" <blaplante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:00:54 -0500

Help....

I recently checked my task manager and found that the system idle process is
eating up to better than 90 % of my cpu capabilities. Is this normal or
might I have a virus or something along that line?

Brian

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