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Old March 14th, 2004, 04:38 AM
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Default Re: apparent cpu filling virus?.

I tried msconfig. disabled all the startups one by one. Still have problem.
I keep task manager open and close the processes that say they are using 99% of the cpu.
I have tried safe mode, still have the problem.
In regedit there is a default whose value is not set. I assume thats a default setting so I havn't touched it, could it be the problem.
I can still get outlook express to open, and it downloads my mail. But If I try to read my mail then it freezes.
So far things that cause the freeze are, reading mail in outlook express, OSA.exe, and pc-cillin programs, although sometimes pccillin keeps running because I don't have to close all its processes. Also cwshredder, which ran once when I downloaded it, freezes the cpu.
Its more of an annoyance than anything else. I can access my day to day stuff (apart from my IP mail, which at least is being stored so I'm not losing it)

[ March 14, 2004, 02:39: Message edited by: Randallw ]
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