unknown processes????

From: RobLee (RobLee_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/28/05 

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:48:02 -0700

hi all,
in my task manager there are processes taking up memory and i am unsure as
to what they are doing, here is a list.. svchost.exe=24,500k
explorer.exe=16,000k csrss.exe=5,228k services.exe=4,212k
spoolsv.exe=2,192k. i have done a scan with spybot and ad-aware and removed
critical threats but one remains and i am unsure whether or not to remove it
because it is a registry key== Name:AltnetBDE
Category:Data Miner
Object Type:Regkey
Size:24 Bytes
Location:software\altnet\
Last Activity:6-28-2005
Relevance:Low
TAC index:4
Comment:
Description:Installs unsolicited.Connects to a remote system without the
user's awareness to transmit/receive information

Could this be the cause of memory usage, i have already removed the files it
relates to just not the key. can anyone help please.

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