CPU at 100%

[Elizabeth]

Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is causing
the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process and that fixes
speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage again. How can I fix
this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I disable that?

[purplehaz]

Already answered in your other post. Please check recent posts before
posting again:
Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html
I suggest you run a virus scan with updated software and run these tools:
spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
HiJackThis - http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

Elizabeth wrote:
> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is
> causing the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process
> and that fixes speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage
> again. How can I fix this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I
> disable that?

[Joe727]

What is sms?

Joe

"Elizabeth" > wrote in message
...
> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is causing
> the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process and that
fixes
> speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage again. How can I
fix
> this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I disable that?
>
>

[purplehaz]

Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html

Joe727 wrote:
> What is sms?
>
> Joe
>
> "Elizabeth" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is
>> causing the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process
>> and that fixes speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage
>> again. How can I fix this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I
>> disable that?

[Joe727]

I did a Google search and it looks like you're right on target:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sms

Joe

"purplehaz" > wrote in message
...
> Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html
>
> Joe727 wrote:
> > What is sms?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > "Elizabeth" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is
> >> causing the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end process
> >> and that fixes speed, but when I reboot sms is using about 90% usage
> >> again. How can I fix this? Also, sms is a startup item. Can I
> >> disable that?
>
>

[purplehaz]

Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
mydoom backdoor.

Joe727 wrote:
> I did a Google search and it looks like you're right on target:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sms
>
> Joe
>
> "purplehaz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
>>
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html
>>
>> Joe727 wrote:
>>> What is sms?
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> "Elizabeth" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is
>>>> causing the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end
>>>> process and that fixes speed, but when I reboot sms is using about
>>>> 90% usage again. How can I fix this? Also, sms is a startup
>>>> item. Can I disable that?

[Joe727]

I agree.

Joe

"purplehaz" > wrote in message
...
> Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
> mydoom backdoor.
>
> Joe727 wrote:
> > I did a Google search and it looks like you're right on target:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sms
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > "purplehaz" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Could be spyware, could be a backdoor from the mydoom virus.
> >>
> >
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.html
> >>
> >> Joe727 wrote:
> >>> What is sms?
> >>>
> >>> Joe
> >>>
> >>> "Elizabeth" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> Cpu is running at 100% all the time. In taskbar, process, sms is
> >>>> causing the high cpu usage and slowdown of computers. I end
> >>>> process and that fixes speed, but when I reboot sms is using about
> >>>> 90% usage again. How can I fix this? Also, sms is a startup
> >>>> item. Can I disable that?
>
>

[Alex Nichol]

purplehaz wrote:

>Yes there are legit apps called sms.exe, but I think this time it's the
>mydoom backdoor.

There is a very important smss.exe - and I suspect this is a case of
hiding by hoping it will get confused with that. Other examples have
been cmd32.exe and system32.exe


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)