xp home, task manager problem

[Wazz]

howdy all,

ok, here's my poblem. when every i try to get into task manager it would automaticly close down. and no error messege will come up. i have done several anti-virus scans and also AD-AWARE scans. But these have no fixed the problem.

so wats the problem??

has anyone had the same problem??

Can it be fixed??

thanks for the help.

WAZZ

 

[root]

I've seen various spyware packages that carry the ability to close down the task manager so that yuo cannot see the process running. These also come with the ability to return false results to some of the more popular virus and adware scanners.

You coul try running Hijack this to get a definitive list of all the processes running.

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Sounds like that - either try hijack or format the computer. They're buggers those ones.

 

[Wazz]

ok,
i downloaded hijackthis. Maybe you might be able to find whats wrong.....

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 4:55:42 PM, on 6/26/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MMTASK5.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CRSS.EXE
C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! 3\MsgPlus.exe
C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zapro.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

thanks for the help.

WAZ

 

[iamroot]

SOUNDMAN.EXE ?? I've never seen that one before.

 

[Wazz]

i think it might be sound effect manager


WAz

 

[Wazz]

sorry, realtek sound manager

 

[iamroot]

Oh. Okay. I don't notice any suspicious processes. Maybe its not spyware.

 

[Wazz]

ad-aware found "LOP" malware. got rid of that, but still happening.

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

I don't know, this is very wierd.

Sounds like just a great big Format is the best idea.