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545608 2007-04-30 07:49:00 I turned on my computer a short while ago, and when I did, I tried to open up my USB and the computer became really slow. I checked the CPU Usage (under the Ctrl+Alt+Delete >> Performance tab) and it was up at about 90-100%! ***? :waughh:
All I had done is loaded up my desktop and plugged in my USB. So I restarted, and I could still barely do anything. I couldn't open any programs and everything kept freezing. I tried to do a Spyware scan, but I couldn't even open the program to do so! So eventually I just turned off the computer, waited 5 minutes, turned it on again and here we are, back to normal (CPU levels fine).
So what I want to know is, why did it do this? Was it something to do with inserting my USB not long after the desktop had loaded? That's the only reason I can think of, at this stage...
Thanks.
Chris815 (10270)
545609 2007-04-30 08:15:00 probably, windows went off and tried to scan for all drivers and got its knickers in a twist when it was also loading drivers.

I have had similar in the past and either plug in the usb device before boot or after its started properly.

Just had firewaire give me similar trouble caused a reboot! VISTA too...
zcc (50)
545610 2007-04-30 08:19:00 Chris you did not have a look at the "Processes" tab to see what process was using up all your cpu?

If this happens again, have a look at the "Processes" tab & see what process is doing this.
stu161204 (123)
545611 2007-04-30 08:23:00 I tried to open up my USB and the computer became really slow.

Your USB what?
pctek (84)
545612 2007-04-30 08:32:00 Chris you did not have a look at the "Processes" tab to see what process was using up all your cpu?

If this happens again, have a look at the "Processes" tab & see what process is doing this.

I did, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. Just the usual processes.


Your USB what?

Flash drive, of course!
Chris815 (10270)
545613 2007-04-30 10:09:00 probably, windows went off and tried to scan for all drivers and got its knickers in a twist when it was also loading drivers.

I have had similar in the past and either plug in the usb device before boot or after its started properly.

Just had firewaire give me similar trouble caused a reboot! VISTA too...
That maybe the problem.

Just yesterday I foolishly plugged in my USB MP3 player while Vista was loading. Damn thing gave me a BSoD, and refused to boot Vista twice even after hard resets.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
545614 2007-04-30 10:23:00 Is it normal for the CPU to get up to 100% every now and then? Chris815 (10270)
545615 2007-04-30 10:24:00 You are wanting us to tell you why the CPU usage was high? only you can answer that one without a Hijackthis log ;)

As Stu said, next time it happens look under the Processes tad and even though you shouldn't see anything out of the ordinary, it tells you the % of the CPU each process is using, which one is using the 90-100%? My GUESS is explorer.exe
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
545616 2007-05-01 12:04:00 Here's a HiJack this log. Please tell me if there's anything I need to do about it:

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA)
Scan saved at 10:59:51 p.m., on 1/05/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
Boot mode: Normal

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\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G PCI Wireless Network Monitor\WLService.exe
C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G PCI Wireless Network Monitor\WMP54Gv4.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSPUB.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\HiJackThis\HiJackThis_v2.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.nz/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = go.microsoft.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = go.microsoft.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = go.microsoft.com
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = go.microsoft.com
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: ImageShack Toolbar - {6932D140-ABC4-4073-A44C-D4A541665E35} - C:\WINDOWS\ImageShackToolbar\ImageShackToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: @C:\WINDOWS\ImageShackToolbar\ImageShackToolbar.dl l,-115 - {BB8A8834-A0A1-4d70-A21A-72FF89AA737A} - C:\WINDOWS\ImageShackToolbar\ImageShackToolbar.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ImageShack Toolbar - {BB8A8834-A0A1-4d70-A21A-72FF89AA737A} - C:\WINDOWS\ImageShackToolbar\ImageShackToolbar.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O15 - Trusted Zone: http://toolbar.imageshack.us
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - go.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - by13fd.bay13.hotmail.msn.com
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - update.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {6932D140-ABC4-4073-A44C-D4A541665E35} (ImageShack Toolbar) - toolbar.imageshack.us
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - update.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {A93D84FD-641F-43AE-B963-E6FA84BE7FE7} (LinkSys Content Update) - www.linksysfix.com
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - messenger.msn.com
O16 - DPF: {DBA230D1-8467-4e69-987E-5FAE815A3B45} -
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - CACE Technologies - C:\Program Files\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe
O23 - Service: Sony SPTI Service (SPTISRV) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\SPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: WMP54Gv4SVC - GEMTEKS - C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G PCI Wireless Network Monitor\WLService.exe

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Yes, I have the ImageShack toolbar.
Chris815 (10270)
545617 2007-05-01 12:56:00 According to: hijackthis.de

I would tick these things (None of them are bad thought, just unnecessary)

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)

O16 - DPF: {DBA230D1-8467-4e69-987E-5FAE815A3B45} -

But wait for Speedy to read this thread & he will advise if I am correct :)

Also make sure you have a firewall installed
stu161204 (123)
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