Cws

svchost is the programme that runs various ms bits and bobs.

service host.

each one is a different process, not all are required to run, but you can guarantee that the first one you disable WILL stop the F*£!)+% PC :D

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see this thread for more info on svchost etc :
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=264811

Just an added note, that MusicMatch Jukebox can be a problem. I've had difficulties cleaning it out of our systems in the past and it has been responsible for some heavy network activity.

Again, you may want to reduce the number of applications you have that launch on bootup. You only need a couple scanners. Spend some time in Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs. That should help.

rapier57:

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Just an added note, that MusicMatch Jukebox can be a problem. I've had difficulties cleaning it out of our systems in the past and it has been responsible for some heavy network activity.

Again, you may want to reduce the number of applications you have that launch on bootup. You only need a couple scanners. Spend some time in Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs. That should help.

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MusicMatch Jukebox came with the CPU. Personally, I don't like it and use the MS Media Player -- although this system does seem to want to default often to MMJ. I may just uninstall it. What interests me most is your comment about the scanners. I only have one, but I do have a generic set of drivers that were loaded a while back when the original driver became corrupted. Could they be a problem?

I'm sorry, my trackpad just had a hickup and I scrolled and posted randomly for a moment. I see that McAfee is the major hit on bootup processes. You do have two separate spyware tools loading, though. The McAfee tool and Spysweeper. Since these are real time, memory resident utilities, they likely walk on each other trying to help out. One would be sufficient for bootup, and either for manual scans.

There are two other apps that show up:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AlcxMonitor] ALCXMNTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AGRSMMSG] AGRSMMSG.exe

That raise the little hairs on the back of my neck. Since there is no path specified, I suspect they are on the root directory.

Here are some basic steps to help make sure you get cleaned:

1. Right-click My Computer, select Properties, System Restore. Turn off system restore
2. Boot to Safe Mode (hit F8 and select Safe Mode with Networking).
3. Run what scans you can, edit the registry to remove things like the two examples above, and run a search on the file names in those examples to remove any reference to them in the registry.
4. reboot, restore System Restore.

Hope this helps.

This is the info I was able to google about those two apps:

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agrsmmsg.exe is the SoftModem Messaging Applet for your AMR modem


alcxmntr.exe - Process Information
Process File: alcxmntr or alcxmntr.exe
Process Name: AlcxMonitor

Description:
alcxmntr.exe is installed alongside hardware drivers for the Realtek AC97 audio device. This program is a non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

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AMR modem is built into my motherboard, so maybe I'm all right.