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>>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,
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>I am using SP2 and NO apbak.exe it is present..
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>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..
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>HTH
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>Claudio
Thanks Claudio
I found the file (I hadn't extended my search to include hidden files).
Booted into command prompt and deleted it.
Had to do the same again on a couple more and that seems to have cleared the problem.
Nick Mason
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