The thread discusses an issue where Notepad appears to be consuming RAM in Task Manager, prompting concerns about it possibly being a virus. The second post suggests verifying Notepad's legitimacy using Process Explorer and VirusTotal, and notes that Notepad's memory usage is normal when a document is open. The third post demonstrates how closing parent processes like PowerShell can leave Notepad running in the background, leading to the belief that the behavior might be due to orphaned Notepad processes initiated by other applications. Overall, the discussion leans toward the issue being related to process management rather than malware.
