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vibhor_agarwalin

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    Indication of a Spyware
    « on: October 06, 2005, 04:40:50 AM »
    Hi,

    Sometimes in a couple of weeks my system performance shows that its using 70% of cpu, whereas none of the processes are using any of cpu.
    I can feel that the machine is slow.

    Simply restarting makes it fine.

    Could it be spyware or anything.
    Vibhor Kumar Agarwal

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      Re: Indication of a Spyware
      « Reply #1 on: October 06, 2005, 08:20:58 AM »

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      Re: Indication of a Spyware
      « Reply #2 on: October 06, 2005, 03:03:56 PM »
      Virus scanners
      AVG Free
      -- Anti virus scanner
      Trend Micro Housecall
      -- Online anti virus scanner.

      Anti spy/malware
      Microsoft Antispyware
      -- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
      Spybot Search & Destroy
      -- Anti spyware scanner
      Adaware SE Personal
      -- Anti spyware scanner

      Firewalls
      Use both a hardware and software firewall.
      Be advised as dual software firewalls may cause problems


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      Removal tools
      The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above.
      They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind


      HijackThis
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      McAfee Stinger
      -- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner!
      CWshredder
      -- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and persistant Hijacker.

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      Re: Indication of a Spyware
      « Reply #3 on: October 06, 2005, 04:51:04 PM »
      The ultimate test is know your own pc........just like you motorcycle,car, or even your body.........you know when something is wrong.....look after it ,and it will look after you.....run tests......like sisoftsandra/adia32.....use a search engine to seek more knowledge.....

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        Re: Indication of a Spyware
        « Reply #4 on: October 06, 2005, 11:22:41 PM »
        Yes i am aware of that list.

        I'll scan someday, as it has 90 GB disk space.
        So scanning takes about 1 day.

        Has anybody seen this type of problem with a specific virus/spyware?
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          Re: Indication of a Spyware
          « Reply #5 on: October 07, 2005, 03:19:09 AM »
          You should download and run ProcExp from http://www.sysinternals.com, you know where that is right?
          It will show you exactly what is using your CPU.

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            Re: Indication of a Spyware
            « Reply #6 on: October 07, 2005, 03:46:32 AM »
            This looks more feasible.

            Now i have to wait for that thing to happen   :(

            Sometimes you have to wait for bad things to happen, isn't it.   ;D
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              Re: Indication of a Spyware
              « Reply #7 on: October 07, 2005, 03:53:30 AM »
              Nope,

              I couldn't find CpuProc.

              All that i could see related is PsList.
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                Re: Indication of a Spyware
                « Reply #8 on: October 07, 2005, 07:59:51 AM »
                You will not find ProcExp by looking for CpuProc.
                The one you need to look for is ProcExp, it's short for Process Explorer so that will help you remember its name.

                Process Explorer v9.25
                Process Explorer v9.2 shows a real-time CPU graph in its tray icon, adds CPU graph and I/O delta columns to the process view, reports 32-bit loaded DLLs for 32-bit processes on Windows 64-bit systems, and lets you view and edit process security descriptors. It also supports Windows Vista.

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                Re: Indication of a Spyware
                « Reply #9 on: October 07, 2005, 09:55:25 AM »
                What are your system's specifications Vibhor?

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                  Re: Indication of a Spyware
                  « Reply #10 on: October 08, 2005, 02:56:27 AM »
                  Win NT 4.0 Sp 6a
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                  Re: Indication of a Spyware
                  « Reply #11 on: October 08, 2005, 05:22:59 AM »
                  That's the operating system software. What are the hardware specifications?

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                    Re: Indication of a Spyware
                    « Reply #12 on: October 08, 2005, 05:47:08 AM »
                    I don't know much about the hardware.

                    I can tell Ram - 256 MB & Cpu - 668 MHz
                    Anything else.
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                    Re: Indication of a Spyware
                    « Reply #13 on: October 08, 2005, 06:12:49 AM »
                    Vibhor,

                    How did you get to be  asenior member if you can't identify your hardware?  :o :o :o :o :o

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                      Re: Indication of a Spyware
                      « Reply #14 on: October 08, 2005, 06:38:18 AM »
                      Well,

                      Some people have a field in which they are a master and some are "Jack of all and Master of none".   :-*
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                      Re: Indication of a Spywarend
                      « Reply #15 on: October 08, 2005, 02:33:48 PM »
                      That is rather vulgair.

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                        Re: Indication of a Spyware
                        « Reply #16 on: October 08, 2005, 03:23:36 PM »
                        So Vibhor, did you find the 70% thing yet?

                        merlin_2

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                        Re: Indication of a Spyware
                        « Reply #17 on: October 08, 2005, 03:59:36 PM »
                        Thats some old banger of a pc?>>668 MHz


                        What make model is it .
                        compaq?

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                          Re: Indication of a Spyware
                          « Reply #18 on: October 12, 2005, 10:15:26 PM »
                          Yup,

                          Its a Hp Compaq.

                          Its 2799 MHz, not a old one.

                          Nope, it hasn't happened since then. I am waiting for it.  :P
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