"System" is pegging the CPU

OC · 03-12-2004, 10:54 AM

The Head Chick in Charge of my building came to me this morning, saying her laptop was running very slowly. Yep, sure enough it was. I pulled up Task Manager and sorted the Processes by CPU utilization. "System" was hitting the CPU at 75-90%. Now the odd part: It stayed like that until a meeting reminder popped up from Outlook, then it fell to 0%. Also, the Memory Used was only 40k. My own computer shows System as using 232k, and the box I'm using now shows System as using 240k.

The OS is XP Pro SP1. Any ideas?

tia

-OC

petabyte · 03-12-2004, 11:13 AM

sounds like a trojan or a worm to me..
does she have an anitvirus with up to date definitions ?
a trojan scanner like TheCleaner,pestpatrol,SwatIt.. ?

my guess would be that she has WORM_COLEVO.A or maybe Trojan.Mitglieder.B or even Backdoor.OptixPro.13.C

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...LEVO.A&VSect=T

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...glieder.b.html

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...xpro.13.c.html

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ary/systemexe/

It's system.exe ? and you have it running too ?

OC · 03-12-2004, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by petabyte
It's system.exe? and you have it running too ?

Not "system.exe", just "system". I really doubt this behavior is virus or worm related. Our systems are very tightly locked down, and she's a smart user that knows how to avoid them (from emails and such), etc. I've done some research and it could be some sort of driver issue. Still no firm leads though.

petabyte · 03-12-2004, 12:27 PM

ahh ok.. nevermind then..

good luck

irwin · 03-15-2004, 04:41 PM

Hey OC, if you ever find an answer to the prob, lemme know. I got the same one.

seqiro · 03-16-2004, 10:57 PM

Do you have all the Office service packs and updates applied?

03-12-2004, 10:54 AM	#1
OC the admiral formerly known as overclocked Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Outside the mainstream Posts: 5,922	"System" is pegging the CPU The Head Chick in Charge of my building came to me this morning, saying her laptop was running very slowly. Yep, sure enough it was. I pulled up Task Manager and sorted the Processes by CPU utilization. "System" was hitting the CPU at 75-90%. Now the odd part: It stayed like that until a meeting reminder popped up from Outlook, then it fell to 0%. Also, the Memory Used was only 40k. My own computer shows System as using 232k, and the box I'm using now shows System as using 240k. The OS is XP Pro SP1. Any ideas? tia -OC __________________ But what is adulthood except a delayed end-run around our parents' better judgment? -- Peter Egan cough

03-12-2004, 11:13 AM	#2
petabyte Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 53	sounds like a trojan or a worm to me.. does she have an anitvirus with up to date definitions ? a trojan scanner like TheCleaner,pestpatrol,SwatIt.. ? my guess would be that she has WORM_COLEVO.A or maybe Trojan.Mitglieder.B or even Backdoor.OptixPro.13.C http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...LEVO.A&VSect=T http://securityresponse.symantec.com...glieder.b.html http://securityresponse.symantec.com...xpro.13.c.html http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ary/systemexe/ It's system.exe ? and you have it running too ? Last edited by petabyte : 03-12-2004 at 11:17 AM.

03-16-2004, 10:57 PM	#6
seqiro Commander Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western MA Posts: 1,183	Do you have all the Office service packs and updates applied? __________________ Paul Beasi

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03-12-2004, 12:27 PM	#4
petabyte Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 53	ahh ok.. nevermind then.. good luck

03-15-2004, 04:41 PM	#5
irwin Vice Admiral Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ohi Posts: 4,525	Hey OC, if you ever find an answer to the prob, lemme know. I got the same one.

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