utilsms.exe

[Jim Carson]

I have the above executable that starts everytime I start
internet explorer. This program will capture all of the
processing power of the CPU. I have upgraded my profiles
in Norton and adware program spy sweeper and ran these
trying to find the cause of the problem. I have been
able to trace the location of this file to
c:\windows\java. This program will replicate itself
immeditely when you terminate it in task manager. Does
anyone have experience with this.

thanks

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

I can't find any reference to that file. Unless it has something to with
mobile/cell 'phones.

Have you virus checked your system with the latest definitions for your Anti
Virus program?

Also please try these programs to check for any spyware that may be on your
system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://forum.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
Spy Sweeper - www.webroot.com

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp