Out of the blue my cpu started heating...

out of the blue my cpu started getting hot. i noticed the wine of the fans picking up speed. and then theyd die down. so i watched my temp stat widget and sure enough the cpu keep getting hot then the fans cool it down then like three min later they pick back up oz its gettin hot again. and i only have this one safari window open. is this something wrong on with it. or have i been hacked coz i know my old pc did that when id have ppl hacked into me.

Monitor your CPU usage in your Activity Monitor and see if there are any apps or processes using a lot of CPU power. If Spotlight is indexing, fans will rev up.
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