lsas.exe

[Jenny Peck]

Hello,

In my Windows Task Manager, there is a lsas.exe file that
draws up to about 78% of my CPU capacity in every three-
second interval.

This happens even when my PC is not running any
applications or programs.

Is it a virus?

I've read somewhere that Lsass.exe is the 'good guy' and
lsas.exe is a trojan. True?

How can it be fixed?

[my PC is running Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 4 installed]

At the moment, things seem to be running smoothly; except
when I open applications like Photoshop, then things start
to slow notably.

Regards,
Jenny

 

[Massimo Nespolo]

Hello,

In my Windows Task Manager, there is a lsas.exe file that
draws up to about 78% of my CPU capacity in every three-
second interval.

This happens even when my PC is not running any
applications or programs.

Is it a virus?

I've read somewhere that Lsass.exe is the 'good guy' and
lsas.exe is a trojan. True?

How can it be fixed?

[my PC is running Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 4 installed]

At the moment, things seem to be running smoothly; except
when I open applications like Photoshop, then things start
to slow notably.

Regards,
Jenny

Could this help?

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100733.htm

Massimo

 

[Jenny Peck]

Hello,

I just visited the web site
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100733.htm) you adviced.
Might there be other possible solutions? Please excuse, as
I'm kinda reluctant with using McAfee; I had a traumatic
experience using it on my older PC. After installation,
many things were tangled and it led to the final resort of
having to painfully format my hard drive.

For my new PC, I'd like to stay away from McAfee if
possible.

Thanks, Massimo, for the site link.

If there are other solutions, I'd really appreciate it.

When it comes to fixing PCs, it's a real headache. Right
now, my PC is still running. At times, I hate the risk of
possibly doing more harm to it than good...to a stage
where it's worst than before.

Regards,
Jenny

-----Original Message-----
Jenny Peck,³,ñ,Ì<2b2801c4a314$d4ae1b70 [email protected]>,©,ç

Hello,

In my Windows Task Manager, there is a lsas.exe file that
draws up to about 78% of my CPU capacity in every three-
second interval.

This happens even when my PC is not running any
applications or programs.

Is it a virus?

I've read somewhere that Lsass.exe is the 'good guy' and
lsas.exe is a trojan. True?

How can it be fixed?

[my PC is running Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 4 installed]

At the moment, things seem to be running smoothly; except
when I open applications like Photoshop, then things start
to slow notably.

Regards,
Jenny

Could this help?

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100733.htm

Massimo

 

[Vaughan Butler]

I suspect most AV vendors have a solution for removal of this worm.

For example look at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.gaobot.ao.html
for Symantec's information and a removal tool.

HTH

Vaughan


Hello,

I just visited the web site
(http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100733.htm) you adviced.
Might there be other possible solutions? Please excuse, as
I'm kinda reluctant with using McAfee; I had a traumatic
experience using it on my older PC. After installation,
many things were tangled and it led to the final resort of
having to painfully format my hard drive.

For my new PC, I'd like to stay away from McAfee if
possible.

Thanks, Massimo, for the site link.

If there are other solutions, I'd really appreciate it.

When it comes to fixing PCs, it's a real headache. Right
now, my PC is still running. At times, I hate the risk of
possibly doing more harm to it than good...to a stage
where it's worst than before.

Regards,
Jenny

-----Original Message-----
Jenny Peck,³,ñ,Ì<2b2801c4a314$d4ae1b70 [email protected]>,©,ç

Hello,

In my Windows Task Manager, there is a lsas.exe file that
draws up to about 78% of my CPU capacity in every three-
second interval.

This happens even when my PC is not running any
applications or programs.

Is it a virus?

I've read somewhere that Lsass.exe is the 'good guy' and
lsas.exe is a trojan. True?

How can it be fixed?

[my PC is running Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 4 installed]

At the moment, things seem to be running smoothly; except
when I open applications like Photoshop, then things start
to slow notably.

Regards,
Jenny

Could this help?

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100733.htm

Massimo