ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

what do all these mean, and should I do some sort of scan, and with what (preferably free!) ?

wmiprvse.exe
iproc82357.exe
iproc488.exe
wuauclt.exe
CDAC11BA.exe
mDNSResponder.exe
LEXPPS.EXE
LEXBCES.EXE
ctfmon.exe
savedump.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
vsmon.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
alg.exe

:dunce:

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

You'll probably find that they are all legit things that windows bloatware has running in the background, doing nothing but eating memory (hence why you need so much of it) on the offchance that you might start up some program a millisecond faster.

I usually get out :google: if I'm unsure of anything and see the PC misbehaving.

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They all look like normal processes to me.
Some you don't need, but you have to decide which ones you don't need running.

You can get a good idea from here.

http://www.anti-spy.info/file/index.html

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

Windows,Lexmark,Zonealarm & Apple processes by the look of it.

EDIT:What...no Svchost.exe :-)

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thank you all for your re-assuring words! cf rules! :D

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No "Show processes from all users..." option enabled ;)

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

Neither is mine enabled but i still got a whole heap o the damn things:)
Attachment 18076


I knew that vm would come in handy for something.

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

Interesting, didnt notice that! :) Just presumed...

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You mean i went to all the hassle of opening a whole virtual machine(well,hitting ATL-F2 and typing vi......then clicking Start in virtualbox) but you didn`t even check your task manager....You lazy sod.:p:

And i thought reversing down the road to the shops was bad.:rolleyes:

EDIT:i`m now waiting on you telling me about the shiney Mac you probably use rather than Windows...eek

Thank you Mate,an interesting site indeed!

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

Pah, i use Windows XP + Windows 7. I was just too lazy to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc...

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It annoys me how many processors Apple try to run when you install itunes (even if you aren't running it!) :mad:

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ctfmon.exe is related to Office

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I know.
I must have got caught up wondering where all the svhost.exe`s where and missed that one.;)

Re: ok, excuse me being ignorant, but..
 

If you right click your taskbar task manager is there easier than keyboard shortcuts