At boot time reource monitor shows read of Personal documents

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rachvista

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Hi,
when i start up vista, just after login i see A very heavy Disc read/Write operation. On opening the resource monitor through task manager i see some services reading my personel files. I fail to understand this. The figures are something like this:

Image->svchost.exe(local systemNetworkRestricted)
PID->1004
File->G:\Documents\Books\Comics\Asterix1.pdf
Read(BytesPerMin)->32,741,904
Write->0
IOPriority->Backgroud

And many similar lines showing services reading my personel files.Can some one please explain this.
 

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System One

rachvista said:
Hi,
when i start up vista, just after login i see A very heavy Disc read/Write operation. On opening the resource monitor through task manager i see some services reading my personel files. I fail to understand this. The figures are something like this:

Image->svchost.exe(local systemNetworkRestricted)
PID->1004
File->G:\Documents\Books\Comics\Asterix1.pdf
Read(BytesPerMin)->32,741,904
Write->0
IOPriority->Backgroud

And many similar lines showing services reading my personel files.Can some one please explain this.
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I have no answer, it could be normal. What you can do is to try to identify what is behind all this activity. One way is to download and install Process Explorer. It gives you a fairly good overview. Anything suspiscious in Defenders Software Explorer (on Defenders Tools Menu)? Have you run any particular antivirus program?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS720
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2407WFP-HC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista,
    Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7,
    Maxtor OT III External HDD,
    WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Other Info
    M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.
That seems to me like it could be a virus. Svchost is a notorious process known to have 4-8 running on a PC at a time, with some possibly being a virus. Run some scans to check that out.

Do you know what that particular file is? If not, it could indeed be a virus. If it is something you put on there, then maybe not, but if it was downloaded, then it could be a problem.

It also appears to be all reading and no writing, so it could be instructions there.

Definitely run virus scans though.

~Lordbob
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5QC
    Memory
    2x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9500GT 1Gb
    Sound Card
    Mobo
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2514N ATA 250Gb 7200RPM
    Samsung [Model] 1Tb 7200RPM SATA2
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    not fast enough
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