PSA
If you're using Windows 8.1, check the processes in your task manager.
(((Microsoft))) seems to have recently stealth-installed a Skype folder with a bunch of codenamed exes. I removed those little shits just now.
>I haven't updated Windows 8.1 since 2015
That shit must have happened when I restarted my computer (out of necessity) recently, even though I have updates disabled. Scary shit.
Anyway, pardon me if this was all too off-topic, but I felt it necessary to tell someone. And technically, if you play games on the PC, those invasive background processes might compromise your performance.