Hi! Something is eating up all resources in my PC directly after start up. Even closing most of the running applications the resources meter indicates less and less resources, and in a matter of 1 to 2 minutes nothing is left, being impossible even to log out or re-start. I scanned it using Norton Anti Virus directly from the installation CD and no virus was found. Any suggestions?

It soulds like you have a program running in the background that has a memory leak. Go to http://www.anti-trojan.org and download winpatrol from the freeware downloads page. With winpatrol you will be able to see all the programs running in the background, and will be able to stop the offending program then remove it from starting

Your "memory leak" is most likely Spyware. Run Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/

Thanks a lot, folks!!! Winpatrol did the trick! Regards, Marcos

Well, WinPatrol on it's own didn't do the trick. What did you find when you ran it?

Hi! Here is what was done with WinPatrol (sorry for the formatting). But I could not get rid of Norton's Nprotect.exe reinstalling it, even after I uninstalled Norton - it keeps comming all the time. Any hint on how to get rid of it? *START_Remove McAfeeWebScanX C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETWORK ASSOCIATES\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\WebScanX.exe *START_Remove ModemTest C:\Program Files\ModemXpert\ModemXpert.exe START_Disable Jet Detection C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Program\ADGJDet.exe *START_Remove WebSavingsfromEbates wjview /cp:p C:\Program Files\WebSavingsfromEbates\System\Code Main lp: C:\Program Files\WebSavingsfromEbates *START_Remove RVP C:\Program Files\RVP\bpc.exe START_Disable updmgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\updmgr\updmgr.exe START_Disable Symantec Core LC C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe start START_Disable ccApp C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCAPP.exe START_Disable NAV CfgWiz C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CfgWiz.exe /GUID NAV /CMDLINE REBOOT START_Disable NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe START_Enable NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\Nprotect.exe START_Disable NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\Nprotect.exe START_Disable GhostStartTrayApp D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\GhostStartTrayApp.exe START_Disable AcctMgr D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Password Manager\AcctMgr.exe /startup *START_Remove HC Reminder hc.exe START_Disable SchedulingAgent mstask.exe START_Disable SymTray - Norton SystemWorks C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SymTray.exe Norton SystemWorks START_Disable ScriptBlocking C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe -reg START_Disable ccEvtMgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCEVTMGR.exe START_Disable ccSetMgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCSETMGR.exe START_Disable CSINJECT.exe D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\csinject.exe START_Disable GhostStartService D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\GhostStartService.exe START_Disable Norton SystemWorks C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CfgWiz.exe /GUID {DA9935BA-22F7-44ee-BD12-BD8B87700BEA} START_Disable MsnMsgr C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.exe /background TASK_Kill GetRight D:\GetRight\getright.exe START_Disable GetRight D:\GetRight\getright.exe C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\GetRight.lnk START_Enable Jet Detection C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Program\ADGJDet.exe START_Disable Jet Detection C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Program\ADGJDet.exe START_Disable CleanSweep Smart Sweep-Internet Sweep D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\Csinsm32.exe C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\CleanSweep Smart Sweep-Internet Sweep.lnk START_Disable WP Companion e:\CUSEEME\AMIGO.exe -minimize *START_Remove hpfsched START_Disable Taskbar Display Controls RunDLL deskcp16.dll,QUICKRES_RUNDLLENTRY *START_Remove updmgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\updmgr\updmgr.exe *START_Remove CleanSweep Smart Sweep-Internet Sweep D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\Csinsm32.exe C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\Disabled\CleanSweep Smart Sweep-Internet Sweep.lnk *START_Remove GetRight D:\GetRight\getright.exe C:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\Disabled\GetRight.lnk *START_Remove GhostStartService D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\GhostStartService.exe START_Enable CSINJECT.exe D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\csinject.exe *START_Remove ccSetMgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCSETMGR.exe START_Disable CSINJECT.exe D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\csinject.exe *START_Remove CSINJECT.exe D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\csinject.exe *START_Remove ccEvtMgr C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCEVTMGR.exe *START_Remove ScriptBlocking C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe -reg *START_Remove SymTray - Norton SystemWorks C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SymTray.exe Norton SystemWorks *START_Remove SchedulingAgent mstask.exe *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe *START_Remove Taskbar Display Controls RunDLL deskcp16.dll,QUICKRES_RUNDLLENTRY *START_Remove WP Companion e:\CUSEEME\AMIGO.exe -minimize *START_Remove Jet Detection C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Program\ADGJDet.exe *START_Remove MsnMsgr C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.exe /background *START_Remove Norton SystemWorks C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CfgWiz.exe /GUID {DA9935BA-22F7-44ee-BD12-BD8B87700BEA} *START_Remove AcctMgr D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Password Manager\AcctMgr.exe /startup *START_Remove GhostStartTrayApp D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\GhostStartTrayApp.exe *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe *START_Remove NAV CfgWiz C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CfgWiz.exe /GUID NAV /CMDLINE REBOOT *START_Remove ccApp C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCAPP.exe *START_Remove Symantec Core LC C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe start *START_Remove TrueVector C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.exe -service START_Alert Norton Utilities D:\NORTON\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.exe Norton Protection Status START_Alert Norton Utilities D:\NORTON\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.exe Norton Protection Status *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe START_Alert Norton Utilities D:\NORTON\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.exe Norton Protection Status *START_Remove NPROTECT D:\Norton\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe START_Alert Norton Utilities D:\NORTON\NORTON SYSTEMWORKS\NORTON UTILITIES\NPROTECT.exe Norton Protection Status