Recently, a processes titled '????.tmp' (where the ?s are a random character, e.g B94T.tmp) has started appearing in windows task manager, causing my computer to become less responsive and causing a great deal of network activity. Ending the process only leads to it re-appearing (under a new name, still following the above naming) soon thereafter. Clamwin anti-virus, Spybot, Hijackthis, and Ad-aware find nothing. Does anyone have any information on this? The process takes up a large amount of internet bandwidth, which can be very annoying. Thanks for any help.

a process* sorry. There's only one at a time.

ive looked online through like 6 different engines and typed it different ways and came up with nothing even went through microsoft, i would say turn it off, doesnt sound like something u want in there, if a program uses it it will request it Kitty

I would d/l ATF-Cleaner and CrapCleaner and then run them in safe mode with networking. Then do online scans with Housecall, Kaspersky and BitDefender to clean out the infections. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

It sounds like your system might be infected with the SpyFalcon or SpywareQuake parasite. I suggest downloading and running the smitRem tool. You should also check manual removal instructions for SpyFalcon and SpywareQuake.

I ran all the scans you recommended, and while they didn't seem to give me an indication of success, the processes aren't returning! Thank you very much.

Thanks for posting back and I hope your problem is resolved. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks