Re: Legit processes on task manager??
From: Karl Levinson, mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:29:50 -0500
"fitzy" <fitzy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me if the following processes which come up on my task
> manager are needed for my system or are they virus/spyware processes which
> should be removed.
Just search Google for the file names below. If you get few or no results,
or everything you find is bad or not legitimate, then you have a problem.
[But even if you find the file names in google, you might still have a
problem.]
For identifying and removing things, Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware
are two free software tools to consider. I assume you already have
anti-virus that is configured to automatically download updates every week.
> GMT.exe
> CMESys.exe
Gator. Not good. Usually installed when you install free software.
> P2P Networking.exe
Adware. See http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/p/p2p_networking.asp
> winampa.exe
Probably Winamp. You don't need this to be configured to run in your system
tray near the clock when Windows starts, I find this useless.
> ALCXMNTR.EXE
Probably Realtek audio monitor program. Reportedly ALCXMNTR.EXE is being
used by Realtek to gather data about customers. Doesn't sound necessary.
> CCAPP.EXE
Probably Norton Anti-virus.
> Isass.exe
as mentioned in another post. ISASS.EXE is very probably bad. LSASS.EXE is
a legitimate process name and might not be bad.
> prism.exe
Probably Cox cable Internet.
> CurtainSysSvcNt.exe
Suspicious, probably something undesirable. Google found little or nothing
on it.
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