I'll second that one, unless you have a trojan hiding it should narrow
it down to the sub-process under services.exe.
If you suspect virus or malware, time to AV scan in safe mode preferably
with Symantec AV. Might even go so far as to getting a list of all
related files & sending them off to virustotal.com for the hard core
scan in addition to running rootkitrevealer on the box.
Bobby Heid wrote:
Hi Thane,
I don't have an answer to your problem, but Process Explorer from
SysInternals can show you what is running under services.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/processexplorer.html
Bobby
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [H] W2K - Services.exe problem
I have a W2K system (SP4) that randomly (about 90% of the time) has
the SERVICES.EXE (all caps in the Task Manager) process go to 99% CPU
utilization and sit there. MS suggested a virus (it appears to be
clean) or damaged files. I tried sfc /scannow and a repair install
with no change. Anyone ever see this and know of a solution?
T
