Windows Task Manager - am I infected?

jobber_2

I do not download anything on my computer and I am also use SpySweeper and Norton Internet Security. However my Laptop has almost disabled by the amount of stuff running in the background.

Initially I thought I was suffering becuase of the lack of RAM but now I have upgraded it by from 256 to 640 (128 + 512). But this has not helped. I understand that Celeron Processors arent the best either. But not to this extent.

I have just restarted my computer and gone to task manager. i have a total of 44 processes running in the background.

I recently had an IT engineer set up a wireless network. Its been far worse since he meddled! Could he have done anything? He tried, but unsuccessfully to give me remote access to the server uing run Ultr@VNC Viewer.

Can you let me know if you think any of the are malacious:

IMAGE NAME --- USER NAME --- CPU --- MEM USAGE

System Idle Process

System[INDENT---]

99

[/IN---DENT] 28---
Symlcsvc.exe

--- System ---

00 ---

188
Realsched.exe

Myname---

00 [/INDENT] 228
System

System

00

236
AluSchedulerSvc.exe

System

00

628
Smss.exe

System

00

1092
Winlogon.exe

System

00

1220
lsass.exe

System

00

1868
SPBBCSvc.exe

System

00

2376
SNDSrvc.exe

System

00

3144
CCEVTMGR.EXE

System

00

3708
Slserv.exe

System

00

3988
Ssu.exe

System

00

4608
Taskmgr.exe

System

00

4820
Msmsgs.exe

Myname

00

5024
NAVAPSVC.EXE

System

00

5896
CCPROXY.EXE

System

00

6284
Syswsc.exe

System

00

6596
CCSETMGR.EXE System 00 6832
ISSVC.exe System 00 8504
MsPMSPSv.exe System 00 8868
SynTPLpr.exe Myname 00 11464
SpysweeperUI.exe Myname 00 19196
Qttask.exe Myname 00 19572
LEXPPS.EXE Myname 00 21144
Icon.exe Myname 00 21244
Winvnc.exe System 00 21956
Dslmon.exe Myname 00 22168
LEXBCES.EXE System 00 22544
CCAPP.EXE Myname 00 22996
Hkcmd.exe Myname 00 23120
SynTPEnh.exe Myname 00 23324
Igfxtray.exe Myname 00 24072
Taskmgr.exe Myname 00 25880
Services.exe system 00 27332
Svchost.exe system 00 27612
Svchost.exe system 00 31512
Svchost.exe NETWORK Service 00 32268
Svchost.exe Local Service 00 33008
Spoolsc.exe system 00 35980
Svchost.exe system 00 36720
Spysweeper.exe system 00 36940
Winlogon.exe system 00 44232
Csrss.exe system 00 53624
Explorer.exe Myname 00 62700
Svchost.exe system 00 73380

Any advice would be great. Thanks:

JJ

jobber_2

PS sorry about the lay out.... the indents didnt let me seperate the...

top couple should be

Image Name User Name CPU Mem Usage

System Idle Process System 99 28
Symlcsvc.exe System 00 188
Realsched.exe Myname 00 228
System System 00 236
AluSchedulerSvc.exe System 00 628
Smss.exe System 00 1092

pchelpman

The processes seem OK except for Icon.exe which is a parasite. You have many programs running which, apart from this one, all seems to be either required or running at your choice (e.g Norton & Webroot Spy Sweeper).

In view of the parasite I sugest you go here ....

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

....and carefully run through all the steps in the first 4 posts. That will spring clean your computer and get rid of 90% of malware.

If you have any lingering problems after this post back and let as know.


PCH

Chippy_Minton

You can disable things like qttask.exe, realsched.exe and Igfxtray.exe - all unnecessary.

Look carefully at Syswsc.exe as this appears to be a virus. (Google says 'did you mean Symwsc.exe?' which is a sign that it's not a well-known process).

I haven't looked at everything so Google the process name to give you a good idea of what's good, bad and unnecessary.

Lorian

How much memory do you have, and howmuch is free?

Post up a screenshot of the Windows Task Manager -> Performance screen, after it's been running for a few minutes.