But he said isass.exe, not lsass. isass.exe comes up as a trojan or virus from http://www.liutilities.com. This is where I normally go to check processes I want to find out about. They create a product called wintasks pro that catalogs windows processes.
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/isass/ That's the link to the page. Mike On Feb 13, 2008 12:04 PM, Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lsass.exe, not isass.exe! > > lsass.exe is a system process of the Microsoft Windows security > mechanisms. > It specifically deals with local security and login policies. This program > is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should > not be terminated. > > - Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus? > > > >i have a process named isass.exe at 1252kb running. is it a virus. > google > >replies seem to think maybe. avg does not see it. when i download the > >"download this program" soultions to remove isass, they go through my > >registry and state 500 bad entries and want to delete all 500 entries. i > >am not comfortable with wacking 500 registry entries using some freeware. > > > > is this a virus, and if so, how do i remove it? > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC > http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
