Guest Stan Hilliard Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 XP Pro SP2 I am having a number of issues with my computer and I will list them all because they might be related. During startup: (1) DOS screen -- less than 20 seconds. Sometimes the first character of each line is missing. Sometimes not. (2) Windows XP progress bar. varies 5-30 seconds (3) Black screen. Sometimes with mouse curser. Varies from 5 seconds to 2 minutes. (4) Logins -- (4a) To desktop -- 6 seconds. (4b) Adding icons on lower menu bar. Varies 1 from minute to 10 minutes. With task-manager I have watched these processes run during the time that the menu bar is filling up. Here are the ones that consume resources: Ad-Watch alg.exe ALi5289.exe brmfRsmg.exe cidmwa.exe explorer.exe FPAVserver.exe inetinfo.exe iPodService.exe (I don't have an iPod) Isass.exe iTunesHelper.exe jusched.exe reader_sl.exe Smc.exe svchost.exe System.exe taskmgr.exe (sometimes it takes 30% of resources) wmi.exe wmipruse.exe wvaudt.exe The processes have these user names: system local service network service my name Q1 -- Are any of these processes suspicious looking? Q2 -- Are all these processes necessary during startup? Should I be blocking any of them? Q3 -- What software tools, if any, are recommended to control these processes? Stan Hilliard
Guest sgopus Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 RE: Problem with too many processes running Ipodservice comes with quicktime player. Do a search for hijackthis and read the instructions, DO NOT post the log to this area. "Stan Hilliard" wrote: > XP Pro SP2 > > I am having a number of issues with my computer and I will list them > all because they might be related. > > During startup: > (1) DOS screen -- less than 20 seconds. Sometimes the first character > of each line is missing. Sometimes not. > (2) Windows XP progress bar. varies 5-30 seconds > (3) Black screen. Sometimes with mouse curser. Varies from 5 seconds > to 2 minutes. > (4) Logins -- > (4a) To desktop -- 6 seconds. > (4b) Adding icons on lower menu bar. Varies 1 from minute to 10 > minutes. With task-manager I have watched these processes run during > the time that the menu bar is filling up. Here are the ones that > consume resources: > > Ad-Watch > alg.exe > ALi5289.exe > brmfRsmg.exe > cidmwa.exe > explorer.exe > FPAVserver.exe > inetinfo.exe > iPodService.exe (I don't have an iPod) > Isass.exe > iTunesHelper.exe > jusched.exe > reader_sl.exe > Smc.exe > svchost.exe > System.exe > taskmgr.exe (sometimes it takes 30% of resources) > wmi.exe > wmipruse.exe > wvaudt.exe > > The processes have these user names: > system > local service > network service > my name > > Q1 -- Are any of these processes suspicious looking? > > Q2 -- Are all these processes necessary during startup? Should I be > blocking any of them? > > Q3 -- What software tools, if any, are recommended to control these > processes? > > Stan Hilliard >
Guest AlmostBob Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Problem with too many processes running uninstall apple quicktime and reinstall without Itunes, -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters _ "Stan Hilliard" <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in message news:edvl54h4uc3htauesekq1nf9mqersnilln@4ax.com... > XP Pro SP2 > > I am having a number of issues with my computer and I will list them > all because they might be related. > > During startup: > (1) DOS screen -- less than 20 seconds. Sometimes the first character > of each line is missing. Sometimes not. > (2) Windows XP progress bar. varies 5-30 seconds > (3) Black screen. Sometimes with mouse curser. Varies from 5 seconds > to 2 minutes. > (4) Logins -- > (4a) To desktop -- 6 seconds. > (4b) Adding icons on lower menu bar. Varies 1 from minute to 10 > minutes. With task-manager I have watched these processes run during > the time that the menu bar is filling up. Here are the ones that > consume resources: > > Ad-Watch > alg.exe > ALi5289.exe > brmfRsmg.exe > cidmwa.exe > explorer.exe > FPAVserver.exe > inetinfo.exe > iPodService.exe (I don't have an iPod) > Isass.exe > iTunesHelper.exe > jusched.exe > reader_sl.exe > Smc.exe > svchost.exe > System.exe > taskmgr.exe (sometimes it takes 30% of resources) > wmi.exe > wmipruse.exe > wvaudt.exe > > The processes have these user names: > system > local service > network service > my name > > Q1 -- Are any of these processes suspicious looking? > > Q2 -- Are all these processes necessary during startup? Should I be > blocking any of them? > > Q3 -- What software tools, if any, are recommended to control these > processes? > > Stan Hilliard
Guest Stan Hilliard Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Problem with too many processes running On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:39:46 -0300, "AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote: >uninstall apple quicktime and reinstall without Itunes, Quicktime and itunes were separate items in add/remove programs -- even though they install from one file. I removed iTunes and left Quicktime. Stan Hilliard
Guest Stan Hilliard Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Problem with too many processes running On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:53:02 -0700, sgopus <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Ipodservice comes with quicktime player. >Do a search for hijackthis and read the instructions, DO NOT post the log to >this area. I found MajorGeeks.com and their malware support forums. Stan Hilliard
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