unexplained process running all the time

Hi Guys,

I have recently noticed that I have a process running everytime That I have
vista running, it whirrs and clicks and grinds and crunches but I cannot
locate it at all. It is not showing intask manager. I have scanned with
spybot S&D, Ad Aware 2007, I am using onecare live and that hasn't picked
anything up either. what could it possibly be, it is driving me mad, it is
constant and unrelenting. I have also tried Backlight to see if I have a
rootkit installed but nothing is showing.

Any help would be gratefully received

Vista 32 Home premium

Thx

T5 wrote: Try installing Process Explorer and look for odd processes there:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sexplorer.mspx

occam <occam@xxxxxx> wrote: Or try running process monitor (same site, different page) to see
what's accessing the disk.

Given this is Vista, I'd guess it's either the defraging scheduled
task or the indexer.


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Thx guys but it is still running and it is driving me mad.......mad I say.
It isn't the defragmenter but how do I tell if it is the indexer and what do
I do if it is?

I have even sys restored to a week ago but the process is still running
"Scott Seligman" <seligman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Maybe an obvious suggestion, but have you clicked on the "Show process from
all users" button on the processes tab of Task Manager? - otherwise you
won't see all processes.

The Vista indexer processes are SearchIndexer.exe, SearchProtocolHost.exe
and SearchFilterHost.exe.


"T5" <noanswer@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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