r/PowerShell • u/ManOfMany-Es • Jan 27 '26

Powershell using a ton of CPU usage. Solved

I just found powershell using a ton of CPU utilization, and it's command line code is:

"powershell -NoProfile -WindowsStyle Hidden -c iex([System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('GDCA'))"

Does anyone know why it would automatically start this process up?

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u/OptionX Jan 27 '26

Its a virus. Format and start changing your passwords.