Guest Jack Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of "System" before... Thanks Jack
Guest David B. Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer A quick Google search yielded many results for me. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ "Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message news:O0tg0VG1HHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... > Thanks > Jack >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer I'm curious. What search term(s) did you use? Care to post a link to the results page? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "David B." <brooks.dj@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5832728E-D787-4967-81CA-32D84243320D@microsoft.com... >A quick Google search yielded many results for me. > > -- > > ---- > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > _________________________________________________________________________________ > > > "Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message > news:O0tg0VG1HHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard >> of "System" before... >> Thanks >> Jack >> >
Guest Lem Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer Jack wrote: > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... > Thanks > Jack > > According to "The Task List" at http://www.answersthatwork.com/ "System" is either: Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 only. A collective name for all operating system kernel threads. Recommendation: The Operating System !! Leave alone. OR System.exe You have one of the Trojan.Download.Revird / Trojan.Mitglieder.C / Backdoor.Tuxder viruses (or some other virus). So: (1) do a thorough virus scan, in Safe Mode, with an up-to-date anti-virus app and (2) search your hard drive, including hidden and system files, for system.exe FWIW, "System" shows up in Task Manager on my work computer, which I assume is pretty well protected from malware by the IT department here. Also see http://www.processlibrary.com/directory?files=system
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer "Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message news:O0tg0VG1HHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... > Thanks > Jack Some context, please! Where exactly are you seeing this? Look again, with a tool that provides *much* more detail than Task Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx Spend a few minutes learning how to interpret it, and it will likely give you a very good idea of what is running. HTH -pk
Guest Jim Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer "Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message news:O0tg0VG1HHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... > Thanks > Jack It is the operating system. Jim >
Guest Rishi Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer Hello, When you talk about "System" it could mean a lot of things. Usually the entry that simply says "System" in task manager refers to all the different processes that are running at any given moment in your Windows XP operating system. To find out more about those processes you will have to use process explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx) as mentioned in a post before and see what it says under the entry System. It could be a process in there that could be the culprit, which is causing your system to run slowly. -- Best Regards, Rishi email: rishi@vista-news.com | web: http://vista-news.com "Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message news:O0tg0VG1HHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... > Thanks > Jack >
Guest Plato Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: "System" Slows down my computer Jack wrote: > > Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of > "System" before... No, system idle does not slow down your computer. There must be something else causing that. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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