jfhhk.dll

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Windows Explorer has developed a habit of occasionally using around 50% of my
Pentium 4 (3Ghz) power. Using Process Explorer I discovered that it was a
process called jfhhk.dll. I can 'kill' this process without causing any
apparent harm to the OS but this is only a temporary remedy as it will happen
again at another time.

Does anybody know what this process actually is or why it starts? And more
importantly, how to stop it permanently. It's damn annoying when it happens
during a game.

Cheers.

 

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With a name like that there's little question that it is some sort of
spyware/ malware.

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"Depravo" wrote:
| Windows Explorer has developed a habit of occasionally using around 50% of
my
| Pentium 4 (3Ghz) power. Using Process Explorer I discovered that it was a
| process called jfhhk.dll. I can 'kill' this process without causing any
| apparent harm to the OS but this is only a temporary remedy as it will
happen
| again at another time.
|
| Does anybody know what this process actually is or why it starts? And more
| importantly, how to stop it permanently. It's damn annoying when it
happens
| during a game.
|
| Cheers.

 

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Depravo wrote:
> Windows Explorer has developed a habit of occasionally using around
> 50% of my Pentium 4 (3Ghz) power. Using Process Explorer I discovered
> that it was a process called jfhhk.dll. I can 'kill' this process
> without causing any apparent harm to the OS but this is only a
> temporary remedy as it will happen again at another time.
>
> Does anybody know what this process actually is or why it starts? And
> more importantly, how to stop it permanently. It's damn annoying when
> it happens during a game.

Ouch - looks like malware of some sort. (And finding nothing through an
Internet Search points further towards that.)
Normal companies do not name their processes anything quite so.. Random..

You should, even if you have already, consider scanning your computer with
multiple AntiSpyware applications. I suggest this grouping:
(Uninstall any version of these you have, download and install and update
the latest version. You also may need to install them then reboot in Safe
Mode and use them.)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

Follow it up by scanning with an online AV application:

Panda Antivirus Titanium
Free Online Scanner:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/)

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Trend Micro
Free Online Scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

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