Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.

Thanks

Re: Task Manager by Leonard

Leonard
Mon Mar 10 13:46:02 PDT 2008

If you "turn off" /all/ the processes you won't have a computer.

To "turn off" a process permanently do this: Identify the program that
runs the process and see if the process in question is one that the
program allows to be turned off. If not, you can always uninstall the
program that provides the process.

Of course, if the process in question belongs to malware, which appears
to be the case, you've got a much bigger problem.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

pgarcia wrote:
> Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
> just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
> full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
> the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.
>
> Thanks

Re: Task Manager by pgarcia

pgarcia
Mon Mar 10 14:02:00 PDT 2008

How am I able to find out what program is running what? Millworm you say. I
ran House Call on my computer a few time and at present, there does not seem
to be anything new.

Is there some thing I sould be removing from reg edit? They processes start
up by them selfs, e.g. Net Zero or that Apple thing (it's like WMP).


"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> If you "turn off" /all/ the processes you won't have a computer.
>
> To "turn off" a process permanently do this: Identify the program that
> runs the process and see if the process in question is one that the
> program allows to be turned off. If not, you can always uninstall the
> program that provides the process.
>
> Of course, if the process in question belongs to malware, which appears
> to be the case, you've got a much bigger problem.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> pgarcia wrote:
> > Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
> > just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
> > full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
> > the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.
> >
> > Thanks
>

Re: Task Manager by Leonard

Leonard
Mon Mar 10 14:19:40 PDT 2008

To learn what a process does - and why do you want to turn off something
when you don't even know what it does? - do what we all do: search for
the process name on Google. You'll find plenty of information.

Here's the best advice I can give you: Don't play around with things you
don't understand. Wish someone told me that way back when.

If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on
your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck,
the programs will detect and remove the problem.

If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical
support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to
remove an infection that their software did not detect.

Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners, such
as (no order implied):

Kaspersky Antivirus (http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
NOD32 (http://www.eset.com/download/index.php) - free 30-day trial
Trend Micro Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
Panda ActiveScan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan)
Sophos
(http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-threat-detection-test.ht
ml)
Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html)
GrisSoft AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/ww/crp/0)

HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a lot
of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to
detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:

http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis_v2/

You can post your HiJack This logs in several forums (NOT here), such as
this one:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/HijackThis_Logs_and_Infections_Removal_f27.h
tml

If none of the above remove the malware, you may want to show the
computer to a professional.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

pgarcia wrote:
> How am I able to find out what program is running what? Millworm you say. I
> ran House Call on my computer a few time and at present, there does not seem
> to be anything new.
>
> Is there some thing I sould be removing from reg edit? They processes start
> up by them selfs, e.g. Net Zero or that Apple thing (it's like WMP).
>
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> If you "turn off" /all/ the processes you won't have a computer.
>>
>> To "turn off" a process permanently do this: Identify the program that
>> runs the process and see if the process in question is one that the
>> program allows to be turned off. If not, you can always uninstall the
>> program that provides the process.
>>
>> Of course, if the process in question belongs to malware, which appears
>> to be the case, you've got a much bigger problem.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> pgarcia wrote:
>>> Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
>>> just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
>>> full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
>>> the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.
>>>
>>> Thanks

Re: Task Manager by pgarcia

pgarcia
Mon Mar 10 14:28:00 PDT 2008

Great, thanks.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> To learn what a process does - and why do you want to turn off something
> when you don't even know what it does? - do what we all do: search for
> the process name on Google. You'll find plenty of information.
>
> Here's the best advice I can give you: Don't play around with things you
> don't understand. Wish someone told me that way back when.
>
> If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on
> your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck,
> the programs will detect and remove the problem.
>
> If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical
> support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to
> remove an infection that their software did not detect.
>
> Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners, such
> as (no order implied):
>
> Kaspersky Antivirus (http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
> NOD32 (http://www.eset.com/download/index.php) - free 30-day trial
> Trend Micro Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
> Panda ActiveScan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan)
> Sophos
> (http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-threat-detection-test.ht
> ml)
> Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html)
> GrisSoft AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/ww/crp/0)
>
> HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a lot
> of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to
> detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:
>
> http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis_v2/
>
> You can post your HiJack This logs in several forums (NOT here), such as
> this one:
>
> http://forums.whatthetech.com/HijackThis_Logs_and_Infections_Removal_f27.h
> tml
>
> If none of the above remove the malware, you may want to show the
> computer to a professional.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> pgarcia wrote:
> > How am I able to find out what program is running what? Millworm you say. I
> > ran House Call on my computer a few time and at present, there does not seem
> > to be anything new.
> >
> > Is there some thing I sould be removing from reg edit? They processes start
> > up by them selfs, e.g. Net Zero or that Apple thing (it's like WMP).
> >
> >
> > "Leonard Grey" wrote:
> >
> >> If you "turn off" /all/ the processes you won't have a computer.
> >>
> >> To "turn off" a process permanently do this: Identify the program that
> >> runs the process and see if the process in question is one that the
> >> program allows to be turned off. If not, you can always uninstall the
> >> program that provides the process.
> >>
> >> Of course, if the process in question belongs to malware, which appears
> >> to be the case, you've got a much bigger problem.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Leonard Grey
> >> Errare humanum est
> >>
> >> pgarcia wrote:
> >>> Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
> >>> just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
> >>> full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
> >>> the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
>