CPU at 100%

[Elizabeth]

Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is causing
the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process and that fixes
speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage again. How can I fix
this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I disable that?

 

[Joe727]

What is sms?

Joe

 

[purplehaz]

Already answered in your other post. Please check recent posts before
posting again:
Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html
I suggest you run a virus scan with updated software and run these tools:
spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
HiJackThis - http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

 

[purplehaz]

Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html

 

[Joe727]

I did a Google search and it looks like you're right on target:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sms

Joe

 

[purplehaz]

Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
mydoom backdoor.

 

[Joe727]

I agree.

Joe

Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
mydoom backdoor.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html

 

[Alex Nichol]

Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
mydoom backdoor.

There is a very important smss.exe - and I suspect this is a case of
hiding by hoping it will get confused with that. Other examples have
been cmd32.exe and system32.exe