Plex using 100% of CPU randomly when idle

[koalabear84]

Do you also have Networx installed? Or any special firewall?

If so, this might be a related topic:

PlexScriptHost.exe CPU usage

Hi all, I’ve tried googling and found a few old threads but nothing with a solution, my Plex server 0.9.16.6 (Windows 10) has recently started running a Python exe called ‘PlexScriptHost.exe’. It uses about 15% CPU usage at all times, which seems odd, and keeps my CPU fan spinning more than it needs to. I’ve attached my most recent log file, it’s been happening for some time I just hadn’t been able to pinpoint which application was calling python. Anyone know what’s causing this? Thanks,