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Two Programs Acting Wierd.
About two weeks ago, I had a major problem with security online. I won't go any further than that, but ever since then I have been monitoring every single program that runs on startup for suspicious behavior. Two of them have caught my eye.
First is the Windows Messenger. It seems to be eating up my CPU's speed. And even when I try to disable it in msconfig and the administrator tools it still keeps coming up at startup. The only way that I can get rid of it is to end the process in the Task Manager...when it finally comes up. I can't find it in the Add or Remove programs list and I'm not comfortable deleting it straight from the folder. Is there any other way that I can safely uninstall it? Or am I looking in the wrong spot?
Second is this program called LuCallbackProxy.exe. I've had horrendous problems with it the last couple of weeks. I've learned that the file is supposed to be Norton’s process residing as a hidden file in C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate. It has a brethren LUCALLBACKPROXY.EXE-29128DB6.pf in C\WINDOWS\prefetch. It’s supposedly used by the Norton suite of programs to update virus and software definitions.
I have an XP SP2 machine hooked up to the Internet by 10 MBPS modem. Whenever I turn the modem on, in short time the LuCallbackProxy.exe spawns itself into 3 to 5 and even 10+ copies and eats up 100% of my CPU resources. Adding insult to injury when combined with the ****ing Windows Messenger. This only goes on for about 10 seconds, Then the processes disappear and I can do work again since my CPU's usage drops down to it's normal baseline of 1 to 5%. But 5 to 30 minutes later we are back to square one. Ending the processes manually using the Windows Task Explorer works, but only temporarily.
I wanted to know if I am dealing with the real Norton’s LuCallbackProxy.exe with perhaps a back door exploited by a hacker or with rogue software pretending to be LuCallbackProxy.exe and hiding somewhere inaccessible in the bowels of the Windows directory.
Can anyone help me out with this? Free ice-cream!
About two weeks ago, I had a major problem with security online. I won't go any further than that, but ever since then I have been monitoring every single program that runs on startup for suspicious behavior. Two of them have caught my eye.
First is the Windows Messenger. It seems to be eating up my CPU's speed. And even when I try to disable it in msconfig and the administrator tools it still keeps coming up at startup. The only way that I can get rid of it is to end the process in the Task Manager...when it finally comes up. I can't find it in the Add or Remove programs list and I'm not comfortable deleting it straight from the folder. Is there any other way that I can safely uninstall it? Or am I looking in the wrong spot?
Second is this program called LuCallbackProxy.exe. I've had horrendous problems with it the last couple of weeks. I've learned that the file is supposed to be Norton’s process residing as a hidden file in C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate. It has a brethren LUCALLBACKPROXY.EXE-29128DB6.pf in C\WINDOWS\prefetch. It’s supposedly used by the Norton suite of programs to update virus and software definitions.
I have an XP SP2 machine hooked up to the Internet by 10 MBPS modem. Whenever I turn the modem on, in short time the LuCallbackProxy.exe spawns itself into 3 to 5 and even 10+ copies and eats up 100% of my CPU resources. Adding insult to injury when combined with the ****ing Windows Messenger. This only goes on for about 10 seconds, Then the processes disappear and I can do work again since my CPU's usage drops down to it's normal baseline of 1 to 5%. But 5 to 30 minutes later we are back to square one. Ending the processes manually using the Windows Task Explorer works, but only temporarily.
I wanted to know if I am dealing with the real Norton’s LuCallbackProxy.exe with perhaps a back door exploited by a hacker or with rogue software pretending to be LuCallbackProxy.exe and hiding somewhere inaccessible in the bowels of the Windows directory.
Can anyone help me out with this? Free ice-cream!
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