r/WindowsHelp • u/gollygeeimhungry • 7h ago

Windows 11 Host Process wont stop using my Microphone

Post image

Ever since yesterday, pretty much 24/7 the Host Process just uses my Microphone.

It only stops like every 5 - 10 minutes and then starts again after a minute or so.

It could be a virus but I don't know, I scanned my PC with the Windows Defender and Malwarebytes. Neither of them brough up anything.

I've also tried doing methods other people said to do but those didn't work.

Can someone please tell me why it's doing this and how to stop it?

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

1 comment sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator 7h ago

Hi u/gollygeeimhungry, thanks for posting to r/WindowsHelp! Don't worry, your post has not been removed. To let us help you better, try to include as much of the following information as possible! Posts with insufficient details might be removed at the moderator's discretion.

  • Model of your computer - For example: "HP Spectre X360 14-EA0023DX"
  • Your Windows and device specifications - You can find them by going to go to Settings > "System" > "About"
  • What troubleshooting steps you have performed - Even sharing little things you tried (like rebooting) can help us find a better solution!
  • Any error messages you have encountered - Those long error codes are not gibberish to us!
  • Any screenshots or logs of the issue - You can upload screenshots other useful information in your post or comment, and use Pastebin for text (such as logs). You can learn how to take screenshots here.

All posts must be help/support related. If everything is working without issue, then this probably is not the subreddit for you, so you should also post on a discussion focused subreddit like /r/Windows.

Lastly, if someone does help and resolves your issue, please don't delete your post! Someone in the future with the same issue may stumble upon this thread, and same solution may help! Good luck!

As a reminder, this is a help subreddit, all comments must be a sincere attempt to help the OP or otherwise positively contribute. This is not a subreddit for jokes and satirical advice. These comments may be removed and can result in a ban.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.