Hard disk activity

[mungolina]

Hi, I turned off Kapersky a while back, and use only Microsoft Security Essentials (plus an occasional scan with Spybot); however, I didn't uninstall Kapersky. Today I got a message that Kapersky had just automatically updated itself to a new version, option to restart now/later; I chose later several times, and in between went and uninstalled Kapersky. The uninstall needed a reboot too, I chose later again. The next reminder from the Kapersky update forced an immediate reboot. Since the reboot, the hard disk has been driving away, looks like a scan has been going on, but it's not the MS product; I can't see what it might be (and it has stopped since I started typing - ran for about an hour though).

 

How can one see what is hitting the hard disk?

 

Thanks!

[Dalo Harkin]

you can have a look at the processes tab on CTRL ALT and DEL and select task manager it will show you what programs are using what and they are normally linked to the RAM as it all goes through the RAM to get to the HDD -

see what uses the most RAM and let us know. If you no longer require Kaspersky then I would remove it through the add/remove programs as its not good to have things like AV suites lingering that you do not use

[RandyL]

And if you have any trouble with uninstalling and if you have one of the versions listed on this Kaspersky support page the removal tool might help.

[mungolina]

Hi, thanks, I have removed it (although there are still some processes hanging around, I think they are the sort of processes that keep an eye for updates - I kill them) - I do use task manager to look at activity, and I regularly check to see if there are any suspicious processes (search for their names on the web etc.), also keep an eye on activity - but in this instance, RAM was not being hit that I could see, it was definitely hard disk activity, and this is something I've been wanting to try to see for ages. I have a feeling there is no answer, which is frustrating!

[Dalo Harkin]

When you remove a program occasionally there are remnants left behind, in the C:/programs folder, manually delete any that you know are no longer there such as the Kaspersky one.

The same is true of registry keys (you wouldnt notice these too much though)

 

You could defragment the HDD, BUT be aware that it can sometimes cause you more issues than it resolves.