Run combofix on the box, it will kill all kinds of hidden crap. You will be amazed after it's finished to see your CPU running lower.
________________________________ From: Dan Covill <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [NF] CPU usage remains high, despite hardly anything running....why? Michael, When this happens to me, which is not very often, it is without exception some sort of scheduled backup, virus scan, indexing program, or check for update status. Most of the time it's when the machine has been off for a while and the scheduled jobs decide to fire up and do all the tasks that came due while it was down. (That's the main reason I almost never turn it off!) I find them via the Processes tab in Task Manager (a couple minutes ago it said 33% was being used by something called Antimalware service!). I find out how they got started by looking at the Administrative Tools | Task Scheduler - it's amazing how much trash programs put in there. For example, I have four separate scheduled tasks that check for updates on Google Software. I have removed them, but they come back! Here's one you'll love. At login of any user, or at 6:47 pm every 7 days, a task updates the "Windows Live Social Object Extractor Engine". I have no idea whatsoever what it does. <g> I doubt very much if you have something as sinister as a key logger. Dan On 10/04/13 12:54 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > How would I be able to detect if someone has put some sort of > keystroking and/or screen-picture-taking software on like Spectre Pro on > my computer? http://www.spectorsoft.com/ > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
