Virus? Or malware?

From: O.B. (funkjunk_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 01/11/05

  • Next message: Steven L Umbach: "Re: PCANYWHERE can not access server" 
    Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:59:41 -0600

    I've been trying to help my neighbor get their computer running again.
    They have Windows XP SP2 and a dial-up connection. Every attempt to
    connect to the net to download McAfee antivirus fails due to timeouts.
    There is something using up all the bandwidth but I'm not sure what. I
    have run both AdAwareSE and SpyBot with latest updates multiple times in
    Windows Safe mode until they reported nothing.

    What else can I do? McAfee doesn't appear to have a way to download the
    virus program from the net from a separate computer (as IT professionals
    do). And I'm not sure else to try. Help?

    The following processes are running in task manager:
    ADSLPC9.exe
    alg.exe
    csrss.exe
    DLG.exe
    DSentry.exe
    explorer.exe
    GhsPf.exe
    hkcmd.exe
    HOTSYNC.EXE
    iexplore.exe
    lsass.exe
    mm_tray.exe
    mmtask.exe
    navprotect.exe
    NotifyAlert.exe
    PCMService.exe
    Pzj6w.exe
    qedest.exe
    quekmgr.exe
    realsched.exe
    rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe
    scvhost.exe
    services.exe
    sgtray.exe
    smss.exe
    SndMon32.exe
    spoolsv.exe
    svchost.exe
    svchost.exe
    svchost.exe
    svchost.exe
    svchost.exe
    System
    System Idle Process
    taskmgr.exe
    tfswctrl.exe
    tyygcpa.exe
    wscntfy.exe
    wuauclt.exe

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