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    Disk activity T60

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Shiffman, Aug 27, 2006.

  1. Shiffman

    Shiffman Notebook Enthusiast

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    I notice that even when I'm not doing anything and have most software shut dow, there is continuing disk activity on my T60. There's an audible disk access every few seconds. Looking at processes in Desktop manager, it appears the activity is in "svchost" Anyone know what this activity is about? Can it be suppressed? How?

    Thanks

    Saul
     
    Shiffman, Aug 27, 2006
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  2. EagleDevil

    EagleDevil Notebook Evangelist

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    I was trying to expunge bloatware myself recently...

    svchost.exe is a normal process (you can Google it for details), but it seems it can also be highjacked by spyware. If the latter is the case, I don't know what you should do.

    Chris
     
    EagleDevil, Aug 27, 2006
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    masteraleph Notebook Consultant

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    If you ever want to find out what svchost is hiding, open a command prompt window and type "tasklist /svc" (without the " marks). That'll tell you what the actual processes hidden by svchost are. From there, use Google to identify them.
     
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    Shiffman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good tip - didn't know that. It generates a LOOONG list of processes

    S
     
    Shiffman, Aug 27, 2006
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    ShamuaL Notebook Enthusiast

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    very good tip bro...
    but how do we clean it if there's any spyware hidden behind it ?
     
    ShamuaL, Aug 29, 2006
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