need help with processes

[Swedish]

i dont know a whole lot about computers, but i do know enough to know that this shouldnt be running.(wow that was worded badly) i ahve a process running called dx7vb.exe. does anyone know what this is or how to take care of it? also have one called S3apphk.exe that i dont think is any good. any help or advice would be great. thanks

[npor]

If you cant do it from task manager, download this and 'check' the 2 and click fix.

http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

[[uGa] Saint]

i suggest kicking your computer.

[Daedelus]

haha saint where did you find the big head baby home video in your avatar.

[LA_MERC_Shadow]

haha saint where did you find the big head baby home video in your avatar.


In his mom's home video collection of him :stick

[Swedish]

i suggest kicking your computer.
my computer has been kicked(not from me), beat(my friend), set on fire from the inside(really), and spilt on(by me). it doesnt understand taht when i hurt it it should work...and they say computers are smart sheesh

[Swedish]

i dont know jack about computers so i dont really understadn the "hijack this" program.

[npor]

Then if you dont want to learn, reformat it. If you dont know how to reformat, take it to the computer fixing store and waste your money.

[Swedish]

i think i am going to reformat it. this thing is such a pile. i get blue screens alot now too.

[LA_MERC_Drax]

microsoft h4x!

[-=C.O.P.S=-KOrruptED]

Download Spybot Search & Destroy.

[Swedish]

ive got spy bot and adaware and they dont show anything

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

']ive got spy bot and adaware and they dont show anything

Are they updated? Spybot will almost ALWAYS show at least a DSO Exploit on any system.

[Swedish]

just updated it again, gonna try it out. thanks

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

BTW, the S3apphk.exe process is part of the S3 Video drivers and is safe - if you will post all of your processes, we can tell you if there is anything is not safe. I couldn't find anything about dx7vb.exe however.

Also, just paste the name of the process, including the .exe into google, and you should be able to find something out. Also, http://www.processlibrary.com/ is a good resource to find out info about certain processes.

[Swedish]

system idle process, system, taskmgr.exe, SMSS.EXE, CSRSS.EXE, WINLOGON.EXE, SERVICES.EXE, LASS.EXE, SVCHOST.EXE (4 of them), EXPLORER.EXE, SPOOLSV.EXE, IOSDT.EXE, NVSVC32.EXE, S3apphk.exe, DX7VB.EXE, and obviously iexplorer.exe

it almost seems like i have alot more then last time i looked at them. thanks for your help

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I'm not sure why you have both S3apphk.exe AND NVSVC32.EXE as one is for S3 video cards and one is for Nvidia vid cards - did you have onboard video and later added an Nvidia card to your system? If so, you should disable the S3...shouldn't really cause any problems, but adds to your system overhead to have both running if you are not using dual monitors (one on each card)...

[Swedish]

yeah i did install a nvidia card and didnt know that i had to disable the other one. ill do it right now

uh oh, i dont know how to disable it

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

well to completely disable the onboard, you'd have to go into your bios, but you could more simply, right click on my computer, go to properties, go to hardware tab, click the button that says device manager, then click the plus (+) sign next to display adapters, and then right-click the S3 one and click disable. after you do that, go into the control panel, to add-remove programs and uninstall the S3 software - that should do it!

[Swedish]

cool, got that one outta the way. thanks