>>Hi,
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>>I just looked at window task manager and found that services.exe has been using 80%+ of the accumulated CPU time. Could this be a sign of virus infection? What else could it be? Machine is win2k, has SQL server MSDE running, Norton anti virus, Zone alarm, and IE. It is also connected to internet.
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>>After stopping MSDE, services.exe continues to consume 90%+ of CPU time.
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>>TIA,
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>>Alex
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>Possibly it is a service, (not needed to be virus, worm or trojan, but maybe) that has hanged or has fallen in an infinite loop. Check whether you have such service.
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>HTH

Thanks. I rebooted and haven't had the problem again.

I wish there was a database somewhere that identified what services are normal to be running in a windows machine. I realize that doesn't mean they are not infected, but now I just see a lot of processes running and have no idea if any are suspect.

Alex