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I would check for malware using the tool provided at the following link;
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/chameleon/
HTH
I would check for malware using the tool provided at the following link;
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/chameleon/
HTH
To answer some questions. On the 1 pic that I (suboptimally) posted, all of the dllhost.exe's were pointing to different websites (I had firefox opened for the moment, but I don't use any of those search engines that the dllhost.exe's were referencing. And they still were running even with firefox closed).
Well.... I'm not sure what happened now.
Everything seems to work fine now. No changes made by me.
Though, my MS Secur Essentials seemed to have just picked up a virus and cleaned them. Interestingly, I had run MS Security Essentials MANY times already (along with malaware, ccleaner, spybot) when this problem surfaced, but never anything picked up until now). This is what the log states was cleaned:
VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PN
VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PN
VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PN
(three times).
Hopefully this helps some other out there.
Thank you all for the tips- Process Monitor and Process Explorer are cool programs to see what's really going on with the computer.
Thanks,
Stephen
There are types of infections that will not be detected by Microsoft Security Essentials or Malwarebytes. Sometimes these infections bring in other infections (which sometimes do get detected by MSE scans). These hidden infections are best detected by scanners like Kaspersky's Rescue Disk and Windows Defender Offline (WDO). If your computer can boot to a USB flash drive, the you can easily use that with WDO.
Let us know if those scans find anything.
This is just an FYI, MSSE has experienced a substanial drop in testing results lately and it may be a good idea to look for a replacement. See the article located at the following link;
Goodbye Microsoft Security Essentials: Microsoft Now Recommends You Use a Third-Party Antivirus
I suggest, turning off all services except Windows, and safe boot with internet, and if it still be a problem, then try safe boot without internet and then check. If there wont be a problem anymore, when you will narrow suggestion list...![]()
True, but see this thread too as to why some are sticking with MSE: MSE worries
Maybe the OP can suffer thru to the end of that long thread.
I am having the same problem the OP described with the only difference that I'm using a wired ethernet connection.
I get a bunch (10 to 15) dllhost.exe *.32 instances running and machine slows down.
If I don't have ethernet connected when I boot, then machine runs fine.
I have ran MalwareBytes, AVG, Kaspersky TDDS and MS Security Essentials. The machine was infected and a number of Trojans, etc. were removed.
If anyone has any info on how to fix this, please let me know.
just dealt with this on a client's computer. not an optimal solution, but this is how i dealt with.
punch line: created a new user account, logged in with that, scanned, cleaned, all clean, etc. then deleted the old account after saving any client docs/pics, etc.
couple of notes:
1) before deleting their old account, IF i logged in with it (after having done above) the dllhost.exe processes begin to rack up again, so they were somehow buried in that account, which is why i decided to kill it with fire.
2) the dllhost.exe account even piled up if i ran in safe mode on the old account.
anyway, so far, so good.
Hello,
On a Dell OptiPlex 790, updating the Intel NIC driver (through Windows Update - which I normally don't use for driver updates) fixed this problem.
Spent 2+ hours on malware removal attempts prior to stumbling across this fix. Hope it helps someone out there.
Carl