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More info?)
As a rule of thumb i run my spyware with a quick scan daily or every few days.
Lavasoft Adaware special edition is very good. Spybot search and destroy is
another good free product.
I also use a product called Spyware Doctor which I like. it isn't free but
it is reasonable. The same people who make tweak manager and registry mechanic
make spyware doctor.
As steven and Robert mentioned make sure you do updates whenever you use the
tools and it is becoming the norm to run at least one malware program besides
an anti virus for protection.
Malware can do a lot of damage.
The yahoo toolbar offers a scanning tool which runs on pest patrol backbone.
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
> Lsass.exe is a legitimate process and I would not worry about it if your
> computer is running fine and your programs report it is clean. System idle
> process is basically a measurement of available CPU. It normally has a high
> number. I would still run at least AdAware as it will check for parasites
> that anti virus programs may not normally check. It would not hurt to run
> SysClean. You do not need to install it. It runs as a stand alone
> application. It is a great tool for scanning for and removing many common
> malwares instead of being a full featured antivirus program. It is not
> unusual for a computer user to need to use more than one product to detect
> and remove an infection. --- Steve
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> "pmicka" <pmick@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:390601c4aaff$e89d93c0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > since i discovered i had the worm and downloaded the
> > windows update for it i have also installed Norton
> > Antivirus and Personal Firewall and updated all of the
> > definitions etc. Should i still get the freeware you
> > recomended?
> >
> > and the process that is still showing in the task manager
> > is LSASS.EXE but it only has 6 sec of runtaime
> >
> > also what is the "system idle process"
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