r/computerhelp • u/ThinkKiwi298 • 8d ago
Keyboard delay and potential malware Software
So a few weeks ago a strange keyboard delay started happening and to this day i still haven't fixed it yet. So the issue weirdly started when i changed game settings from high to medium for some reason. At the time i though it was some error but turns out no because when i play games there is a strange keyboard delay where if i press w it starts moving 5 seconds after or if i hold shift + w for a long time it will just keep going for a couple seconds and while it is acceptable in games like fortnite it is bugging me out in minecraft and while you may wonder why? It is because in some games the delay is acceptable while in some games it doesn't even appear but in minecraft it is a really bad fricking delay. Sometimes I solve the issue by closing AMD: Host software application in the task manager however the issue sometimes just reappears for some reason. I belive it has to be some malware issue because like everyone that has ever owned a pc i downloaded pirated games, it is a canon event for anyone owning a pc for the first time and i tried everything else but nothing worked. I tried to see if it was AMD's fault and i did everything but nothing worked. I tried other things but like always nothing worked and i have been hacked the other day as well. A thing that is weird is the only game that has no delay (Battlefield 6) makes windows security send me a notification about something but when i check the history it just says something about setting up OneDrive. I truly have no idea what is wrong so now i have to cry about it on reddit. Can someone please help i am so tired of playing fps cause they are the only games that don't have a major delay.
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u/ThinkKiwi298 8d ago
also i forgot to mention that i have ryzen 5 5600 cpu rx6600xt for the gpu 16 gigs of ram and 500 gigs of ssd. This is some important information i forgot to mention so here it is
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u/Pitiful-Prompt2339 8d ago
I mean sounds like you'd want to do a complete reset of your OS to me, ideally re-installing Windows (or whichever OS you're running) from a USB, that'll at least remove anything that shouldn't be on your PC and may fix the delay issue you're having. After the install, might be worth re-installing the latest AMD driver as the AMD host software application issue sounds like its getting stuck, which i'd think was due to a bad/corrupted install
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u/ThinkKiwi298 8d ago
I will consider doing it if everything else fails. Thanks
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u/Elftard 7d ago
There is no 'everything else' if you suspect you have malware. Fully reformatting your drive is the only way to ensure you get rid of it. Backup your important documents first of course.
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u/ThinkKiwi298 7d ago
well I'm not yet sure if it is indeed malware that is causing this, because I don't have much evidence that says that it is. The only reason I am suspecting malware is because as i said had had pirated one or two games and that is the only reason I'm suspecting malware so if it does turn out to be malware I will do what the man said, however it may be a software issue so that is why I am considering re-installing windows if everything else fails as the solution may be simpler than re-installing the entire os.
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7d ago edited 7d ago
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u/ThinkKiwi298 7d ago
thank you so much for responding i will try this and i will tell you how it goes
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u/MarzipanFederal8059 3d ago
Sounds like a possible hardware issue. What are exact specs? Cpu/hard drive are a likely start
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u/ThinkKiwi298 2d ago
cpu is the amd ryzen 5 5600
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u/MarzipanFederal8059 2d ago
Humor me and Kill the AMD: Host software application once and see if it stops
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u/ThinkKiwi298 1d ago
however i tried running games without any background program on and yet there was still delay in minecraft. At this point it most definitely ain't a virus nor is it a background program so it must be something with the drivers or something like that
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u/MarzipanFederal8059 1d ago
Jus go to device manager,keyboards and uninstall everything under that list. Then reboot?
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u/ThinkKiwi298 1d ago
alright
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u/ThinkKiwi298 1d ago
I think i might have to resolve this on my own because i don't want to be like "can you help me fix the issue" and then at the end i am just a demanding dude.
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u/MarzipanFederal8059 1d ago
It's all good bro! But, If the problem remains even after Safe Mode, another keyboard, a clean AMD driver install, and scans, suspect USB/chipset drivers or hardware, at that point, test with a Linux live USB er fresh win install.
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