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
>