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Tracerpt.exe hogging on my CPU Please Help

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cang   11-13-2009 at 11:00:03 PM

Hey guys, I was wondering it is normal for this process called "Tracerpt.exe" to be using 25% of my cpu?

I tried killing the process but it won't work and restarting the PC doesn't help neither.

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cang   11-13-2009 at 11:20:54 PM

http://img17.imageshack.us/i/74349991.jpg/

Also I can't find the process in Windows Task Manager

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TheViper   11-14-2009 at 12:00:50 AM

Tracerpt.exe is a Windows process but many malicious pieces of code have disguised themselves as Windows processes.

Boot into Safe Mode (hit F8 repeatedly while booting) and run an anti-virus program/

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marcellis22   11-14-2009 at 02:50:02 AM

If tracert.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, then the security rating is 80% dangerous. File size is 70,656 bytes. There is no description of the program. The program is not visible. It is an unknown file in the Windows folder. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). tracert.exe is not a Windows core file. tracert.exe is able to monitor applications.

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cang   11-14-2009 at 02:59:09 AM

^ So Tracert.exe is related with Tracerpt.exe?

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cang   11-14-2009 at 03:01:29 AM

TheViper wrote :

Tracerpt.exe is a Windows process but many malicious pieces of code have disguised themselves as Windows processes.

Boot into Safe Mode (hit F8 repeatedly while booting) and run an anti-virus program/



I booted into safemode and did a full scan with ad-aware and kaspersky internet security, but still have no luck. Any other suggestion? Thanks!

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cang   11-14-2009 at 03:36:46 AM

Alright so i manage to end Tracerpt.exe and StartManSvc.exe (related to Tracerpt.exe) through Resource Monitor in Windows Task Manager, then restarted my PC and both of the processes seem to went away. No more CPU hogging.

So my next question is are these 2 processes (Tracerpt.exe and StartManSvc.exe) vital or i can do without them? Anyone else running Windows 7 64bit care to ctrl+alt+delete ---> Windows Task Manager ---> Performance tab ----> click Resource Monitor (at the bottom) and see if these 2 processes are running on your system? thanks

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TheViper   11-14-2009 at 04:07:19 AM

StartManSvc.exe is part of the PC Tools start up and shut down monitoring service.

Maybe that was causing your Tracerpt.exe to go crazy.

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swifty_morgan   11-14-2009 at 04:23:30 AM

marcelli told you where it is in the registry. Go in and delete it..... start/run/regedit................or start/msconfig........... look under start up and services. Remove check mark from box.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou [...] ltZOJ2rpDg


Message edited by swifty_morgan on 11-14-2009 at 04:24:47 AM
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