Slow XP 99% CPU usage

[trent]

i am running xp home and it is way slow. Task
manager/process shows control.exe using all the cpu.

 

[Chuck]

i am running xp home and it is way slow. Task
manager/process shows control.exe using all the cpu.

Trent,

Symantec search finds 4 known infections using control.exe:
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]>
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.leave.worm.html>
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyware.pcacme.html>
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.leave.b.worm.html>

How current is your virus protection? Try these online virus scans first:
<http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp>
<http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp>

Next, download LSP-Fix from <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>, and CWShredder
from <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>.

First, run CWShredder.

Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis
<http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&D
<http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download>.
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run a
scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions.
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the
Log.
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following
forums (and post it here):
<http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>
<http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/>

If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some
spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your
network), run LSP-Fix.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[trent]

thanks for the help! virus protection currently macafee
online that came with my Dell.

tw

 

[Chuck]

thanks for the help! virus protection currently macafee
online that came with my Dell.

Trent,

Is Macafee up to date, and regularly used?

Try the two online virus scans, then continue with the spyware checks. I use
all, regularly. They are all free, and if any waste of time, only very
slightly.

With the economy in the toilet, a lot of folks who should be employed in legit
tech jobs work for criminals, who write and distribute hostile code. At least
one major virus during the past year was not written by script kiddies, but for
commercial purposes. Protect yourself.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.