Problem with too many processes running

[Stan Hilliard]

XP Pro SP2

I am having a number of issues with my computer and I will list them
all because they might be related.

During startup:
(1) DOS screen -- less than 20 seconds. Sometimes the first character
of each line is missing. Sometimes not.
(2) Windows XP progress bar. varies 5-30 seconds
(3) Black screen. Sometimes with mouse curser. Varies from 5 seconds
to 2 minutes.
(4) Logins --
(4a) To desktop -- 6 seconds.
(4b) Adding icons on lower menu bar. Varies 1 from minute to 10
minutes. With task-manager I have watched these processes run during
the time that the menu bar is filling up. Here are the ones that
consume resources:

Ad-Watch
alg.exe
ALi5289.exe
brmfRsmg.exe
cidmwa.exe
explorer.exe
FPAVserver.exe
inetinfo.exe
iPodService.exe (I don't have an iPod)
Isass.exe
iTunesHelper.exe
jusched.exe
reader_sl.exe
Smc.exe
svchost.exe
System.exe
taskmgr.exe (sometimes it takes 30% of resources)
wmi.exe
wmipruse.exe
wvaudt.exe

The processes have these user names:
system
local service
network service
my name

Q1 -- Are any of these processes suspicious looking?

Q2 -- Are all these processes necessary during startup? Should I be
blocking any of them?

Q3 -- What software tools, if any, are recommended to control these
processes?

Stan Hilliard

 

[sgopus]

Ipodservice comes with quicktime player.
Do a search for hijackthis and read the instructions, DO NOT post the log to
this area.

 

[AlmostBob]

uninstall apple quicktime and reinstall without Itunes,

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_

 

[Stan Hilliard]

uninstall apple quicktime and reinstall without Itunes,

Quicktime and itunes were separate items in add/remove programs --
even though they install from one file. I removed iTunes and left
Quicktime.

Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

Ipodservice comes with quicktime player.
Do a search for hijackthis and read the instructions, DO NOT post the log to
this area.

I found MajorGeeks.com and their malware support forums.
Stan Hilliard