Question for the XP geeks

[lippy 918]

My manager's comp is bogging down big time. Task manager shows me that QCWICON.EXE is bogging down the CPU. Soooooo, WTF is QCWICON??? Anybody know?

I got nuthin

[CrazyIvan 0]

That file is not part of WinXP, might be a WORM, Spyware or some other crap, locate it, rename it and see what happens, if the performance improves, DELETE the bastard, also, ask him if he installed 'something', you know.

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[whocares 0]

sounds like he is surfing porn sites

[TheRus 0]

Are you on a network? It sounds very much like the kind of program that they might use to track your activity.

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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Agreed. bin it

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[lippy 918]

I'll go with the binning it for now. As far as him downloading something, I'm pretty sure we're safe there. He just learned how to open a web browser this morning. Thanks for the input


Now I've gone and wasted my 700th post on the boss. Damb!!!!!

I got nuthin

[Blahr 0]

Replace the OS with FreeBSD or Linux
and tell the guy to smarten up :-)

[PhillyKev 0]

Might have something to do with this...

http://www.color-tec.com/1qcw.htm

[gusmacker 0]

QW more then likely is one of the Quicken Windows Files. If quicken or quick books is installed that could be it. I had a big issue last week with real player's update program bogging down my windows 2000 system.

[pilotdave 0]

you sure it wasnt QCWLICON? That's "IBM ThinkPad ConnectUtilities related" according to http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_all.php

Dave

[Canuck278 0]

Is SVCHOST.exe a windows program?

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[AndyMan 7]

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Is SVCHOST.exe a windows program?

Yes. SVCHost is a wrapper for services that don't have their own .exe files.

You'll often see multiples copies of SVCHost running. If it's hogging resources, look at which services are running.

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[falxori 0]

always a good idea to run a check with adaware or spybot, or both...

you always find things that shouldn't be there.

O

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[PhillyKev 0]

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Is SVCHOST.exe a windows program?

Yes. SVCHost is a wrapper for services that don't have their own .exe files.

You'll often see multiples copies of SVCHost running. If it's hogging resources, look at which services are running.

_Am

Frequently have problems with svchost taking all resources. Like Andy said, you need to identify the particular service that is going apeshit on the processor.

I use Take Control. There's a free trail. Or there are some free utils out there as well.

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

On a similar sort of note, anyone know what the score with this is (see attachment) - I get a new one every day or so asking for internet access - about 25 so far.

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[PhillyKev 0]

Those look like COM model addressing. Most likely a VB virus on your machine.

[littledebbie000 0]

Try SpyBot Search & Destroy. I run it about once a week and find something new every time. If it doesn't help with it being bogged down, it at least makes sure that the ad-wares aren't hiding on your system.

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