running processes - should I be worried?

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Peter Morris

Some of the processes in Windows Task Manager have
me worried.

For instance, I keep seeing service.exe listed as a process.
It says here that this is a security risk:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/service/
(no, I'm not confusing it with the normal services.exe, I have both
processes. I've run various virus checkers and spybot, but they
detect no problem.

Also, is it normal to have 5 x svchost.exe running? and 4 x cidaemon.exe?
I've been told it might be hiding virus activity.


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5 x svchost is Pro, 4 x is home. One assumes you are indexing 4 drives?

There are probably legit programs called service.exe (I can't imagine someone hasn't thought of this name before). MSinfo32 will show (probably) the path to the file.
 
Hi Peter,

Some of the processes in Windows Task Manager have
me worried.

For instance, I keep seeing service.exe listed as a process.
It says here that this is a security risk:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/service/
(no, I'm not confusing it with the normal services.exe, I have both
processes. I've run various virus checkers and spybot, but they
detect no problem.

Also, is it normal to have 5 x svchost.exe running? and 4 x cidaemon.exe?
I've been told it might be hiding virus activity.
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I have 4 svchost.exe, they're normal. What is worrying is the
cidaemon, it is from the indexing service. Try going to Start > Run >
services.msc and disable index service there. If the cidaemon remain
after this, then perform a virus scan.

Good luck
 
boot in safe mode and make sure your antivirus software is up to date and
set to scan all files as well as turn on any heustics!

Wayne
 
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