High RAM usage on idle after accidentally starting a keygen

[Microsoft Windows]

My Problem is that after I ran a Keygen (Dont even question it, Reddit told me it was safe, i made a mistake so dont judge me) suddenly everytime I start my computer my ram usage instantly goes up to about 6 GB or more and my CPU usage seems to be out of the ordinary as well. My first thought was of course a virus, but I checked with Malwarebytes and did some steps suggested by ChatGPT. The thing is after some steps I ran a Root Kit remover (which I realised after was for windows vista) and got into a recovery mode boot loop, which I solved by booting without driver signature checks. The RAM i

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