Multiple WMI Provider Hosts open in processes

[Specific Neptune]

So there's this program in my processes called WMI Provider Host, which, every time I seem to look into my processes, seems to have added another program which looks and functions exactly the same as the others. It's bothering me quite a bit, and I can only seem to close one of them instead of all of them.

Picture for reference. Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening? I've tried searching online but found no results. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hobbes]

Found this online:

I tracked my problem down to a malware called Conduit Search. After killing the process and then uninstalling the program, the CPU utilization has gone down to 3-4%.

 

[Specific Neptune]

Found this online:

I tracked my problem down to a malware called Conduit Search. After killing the process and then uninstalling the program, the CPU utilization has gone down to 3-4%.

well that freaked me out a little bit :P

i just did a scan for the malware but didn't find anything

however, it seems, checking my processes again, that it's back down to one WMI provider host.

i'm not entirely sure whether the problem is fixed or not, but it's a start i guess