>Hi
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>One of the family Pc's. Running Windows XP Home SP2 is runnig very slowly. On the task manager I can see a process apbak.exe seems to be hogging CPU time. I can't find this file anywhere on the PC. Every time I end it it reloads. It also is running when the PC is booted in safe mode.
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>Anyone got any ideas on wht this might be and how I get rid of it. Also any locations of good help about sorting out Win XP problems.
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Hi Nicholas,

I am using SP2 and NO apbak.exe it is present..

It seems SPYWARE.. Try to use lavasoft's adware and/or spybot.. The combination of both has clear a lot all the "Evilwares" on my machine..

HTH

Claudio