XP Pro windows explorer compute bound

[jon]

I often discover that the Explorer process suddenly takes up 100% of the CPU
resources. Sometimes I can kill it in the Task Manager, but then I have to
reboot, because the desktop empties out. Other times, I just have to press
reset. Pretty screwed up.

Any idea what kinds of things might be causing this?



Jon

jbondy at sover dot net

 

[Rich Barry]

Jon, check for virus, trojans, spyware and adware. Use these sites.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

http://spybot-spyware.com/trojan.htm

http://www.spysweeper.com/

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/