"System" Slows down my computer

[Jack]

Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of
"System" before...
Thanks
Jack

 

[David B.]

A quick Google search yielded many results for me.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

I'm curious. What search term(s) did you use? Care to post a link to the
results page?

 

[Lem]

Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of
"System" before...
Thanks
Jack

According to "The Task List" at http://www.answersthatwork.com/

"System" is either:

Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 only. A collective name for all operating
system kernel threads.

Recommendation: The Operating System !! Leave alone.

OR

System.exe

You have one of the Trojan.Download.Revird / Trojan.Mitglieder.C /
Backdoor.Tuxder viruses (or some other virus).

So: (1) do a thorough virus scan, in Safe Mode, with an up-to-date
anti-virus app and
(2) search your hard drive, including hidden and system files, for
system.exe

FWIW, "System" shows up in Task Manager on my work computer, which I
assume is pretty well protected from malware by the IT department here.
Also see http://www.processlibrary.com/directory?files=system

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of
"System" before...
Thanks
Jack

Some context, please! Where exactly are you seeing this?

Look again, with a tool that provides *much* more detail than Task Manager:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Spend a few minutes learning how to interpret it, and it will likely give
you a very good idea of what is running.

HTH
-pk

 

[Jim]

Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of
"System" before...
Thanks
Jack

It is the operating system.
Jim

 

[Rishi]

Hello,


When you talk about "System" it could mean a lot of things. Usually the
entry that simply says "System" in task manager refers to all the different
processes that are running at any given moment in your Windows XP operating
system. To find out more about those processes you will have to use process
explorer
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx)
as mentioned in a post before and see what it says under the entry System.
It could be a process in there that could be the culprit, which is causing
your system to run slowly.

 

[Plato]

Is this a spyware? I knew there was system idle process but never heard of
"System" before...

No, system idle does not slow down your computer. There must be
something else causing that.