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Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not
just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting
full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of
the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them.

Thanks
 
If you "turn off" /all/ the processes you won't have a computer.

To "turn off" a process permanently do this: Identify the program that
runs the process and see if the process in question is one that the
program allows to be turned off. If not, you can always uninstall the
program that provides the process.

Of course, if the process in question belongs to malware, which appears
to be the case, you've got a much bigger problem.
 
How am I able to find out what program is running what? Millworm you say. I
ran House Call on my computer a few time and at present, there does not seem
to be anything new.

Is there some thing I sould be removing from reg edit? They processes start
up by them selfs, e.g. Net Zero or that Apple thing (it's like WMP).
 
To learn what a process does - and why do you want to turn off something
when you don't even know what it does? - do what we all do: search for
the process name on Google. You'll find plenty of information.

Here's the best advice I can give you: Don't play around with things you
don't understand. Wish someone told me that way back when.

If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on
your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck,
the programs will detect and remove the problem.

If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical
support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to
remove an infection that their software did not detect.

Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners, such
as (no order implied):

Kaspersky Antivirus (http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
NOD32 (http://www.eset.com/download/index.php) - free 30-day trial
Trend Micro Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
Panda ActiveScan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan)
Sophos
(http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-threat-detection-test.ht
ml)
Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html)
GrisSoft AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/ww/crp/0)

HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a lot
of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to
detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:

http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis_v2/

You can post your HiJack This logs in several forums (NOT here), such as
this one:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/HijackThis_Logs_and_Infections_Removal_f27.h
tml

If none of the above remove the malware, you may want to show the
computer to a professional.
 
Great, thanks.

Leonard Grey said:
To learn what a process does - and why do you want to turn off something
when you don't even know what it does? - do what we all do: search for
the process name on Google. You'll find plenty of information.

Here's the best advice I can give you: Don't play around with things you
don't understand. Wish someone told me that way back when.

If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on
your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck,
the programs will detect and remove the problem.

If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical
support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to
remove an infection that their software did not detect.

Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners, such
as (no order implied):

Kaspersky Antivirus (http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
NOD32 (http://www.eset.com/download/index.php) - free 30-day trial
Trend Micro Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
Panda ActiveScan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan)
Sophos
(http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-threat-detection-test.ht
ml)
Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html)
GrisSoft AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/ww/crp/0)

HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a lot
of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to
detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:

http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis_v2/

You can post your HiJack This logs in several forums (NOT here), such as
this one:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/HijackThis_Logs_and_Infections_Removal_f27.h
tml

If none of the above remove the malware, you may want to show the
computer to a professional.
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