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explorer.exe 100% CPU usage
Name: angelmanxxx Date: December 18, 2002 at 23:02:55 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 512mb
Comment:
it says that explorer.exe is using 100% of my cpu. is this an xp glitch, virus, trojan or what? can you fix? if so how? it also messes with my kazaa files, i can't delete some, says they are in use by another program or application, to close and try again but nothing is open...
Name: hmmm Date: December 19, 2002 at 00:34:42 Pacific
Reply:
never seen it at 100 percent. could be any of the above things you stated.
what I would do.
run a virus scan. run ad aware (spyware scan) delete kazaa (to avoid the above two problems 10 fold)
peace
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Response Number 2
Name: dai23 Date: December 19, 2002 at 00:40:10 Pacific
Reply:
it's probably some spyware from kazaa if u are not using the lite version... search the forum(security and virus) and i think there'se some instruction on removing all kazaa files... install kazaa lite instead(just google it)
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