Hi, I wish to know what is this 180search Assistant doing in my PC? I also find that my PC is running extremely slow for just a few programs like MSN, Mp3, Email and Internet. This are what I've found in my Process: taskmgr.exe cmd.exe cmd.exe mm.exe thundersbird.exe firefox.exe rundll.exe wmplayer.exe smksvc.exe scheduler.exe SAVScau.exe nvsvc32.exe NAVAPSvc.exe spoolsv.exe msnmsgr.exe explorer.exe regsv.exe ccSetMgr.exe svchost.exe spooLSVD32.exe homo.exe svchost.exe rundll32.exe winupdate.exe spoolsvc.exe svchost.exe TeaTimer.exe lsass.exe services.exe winlogon.exe csrss.exe bargains.exe winClt.exe msbb.exe smss.exe scvhosting.exe Winad.exe system system Idle Process Sorry for being long-winded... thanks people...

Do a Spybot and Adware check. That will help! :) Make sure you also download SpywareBlaster from Java Cool! And - make sure your firewall is enabled! :) Hope this helps! anDrew

Your system is affected with a virus. The process homo.exe is viral. A local university was hit with this virus yesterday and they have submitted it to Symantec. Supposedly they were the first instance of this. As of right now I know of now fix but Symantec is working on this.

The file homo.exe is a w32.ircbot trojan varient. Once triggered it will attempt an IRC connection on port 6667 and open a backdoor to your computer. You will need to get the latest MS patches for your system, then reboot in safe mode and delete the file c:\windows\system32\homo.exe and the following registry entries. (you may need to temporarily disable system restore) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\window2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\window2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\window2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\window2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\window2 Symantec has included this in their antivirus definitions since Saturday Sept,4 but you will need to manually update if you are using live update. Good luck.....