cpu working overtime, smoke ??

[milliganimal]

hello
the fan on my new macbook is running constantly, i realized that the poor thing is working overtime, when i run the activity monitor there is something called smoke that is using taking up a high percentage of the cpu output

104 smoke xxxxxxxx 85.2 2 391.0 MB Intel

here 85.2 percent

any ideas what this is and how i can solve it?

much appreciated

 

[Egidio]

Did you install anything recently, such as a new app? Do a search for that "smoke" and see what it is. If it's something you added, try to disable or uninstall it. Also, run Disk Utility and repair permissions. It might help, too.