Re: SVCHOST.exe using a lot of memory

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:34:00 -0700, smicale
<smicale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

sysman is not a process running on my machine, it is a service. Do you think
this is still mailware or a virus?

Did you look at the link she gave you??



"Malke" wrote:

smicale wrote:

It appears the problem is with the SysMan service. Does this service need
to be running?

It's not a Windows process and in fact may be a trojan:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SysMan&btnG=Search

What does a good malware/virus scanning get you? (I don't include OneCare in
that terminology.) Be sure the machine is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke
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