MacBook pro 15 "heating problem

My MacBook Pro that I bought in early 2015, has recently started abnormally warm under normal workload.

I started facing this problem last month. Is what I run Firefox, watching videos on YouTube. Within a few minutes, the fan starts and the bottom heats up to an unbearable temperature.

I followed most of the steps in order to maintain well ventilated, but often I tend to keep my turn.

I checked the activity monitor, and it doesn't seem to be any application other than my web browser that uses the CPU. I even rebooted my mac a couple of times hoping that would solve the problem but it didn't.

Help, please!

Try resetting the SMC http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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