High CPU Rundll32.exe

[Phw1443]

Running Windows XP Pro, SP1. Occasionally, not at startup, rundll32 is using high CPU 95-100. Usually coneected to the internet. I want to know how to determine what is being started/running. There are no new processes showing in task manager. Of course I
cant kill rundll32, so I end up rebooting. Can anyone help me in determing what rundll32 is doing? Thanks, walter

[Malke]

Phw1443 wrote:

> Running Windows XP Pro, SP1. Occasionally, not at startup, rundll32 is
> using high CPU 95-100. Usually coneected to the internet. I want to
> know how to determine what is being started/running. There are no new
> processes showing in task manager. Of course I cant kill rundll32, so
> I end up rebooting. Can anyone help me in determing what rundll32 is
> doing? Thanks, walter

What does a scan with a current antivirus program (meaning a version not
earlier than 2002 and using updated virus definitions) show? Also,
remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from www.security.kolla.de
and Ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure to update these programs
before running them. It is best to run antivirus and spyware removal
tools in Safe Mode.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[Malke]

Phw1443 wrote:

> All have been done many times.
> NAV with current updates shows no viruses
> SPYBOT with current updates shows zero problems
> ADWARE with current updates shows no bugs or problems
>
>
>
> ----- Malke wrote: -----
>
> Phw1443 wrote:
>
> > Running Windows XP Pro, SP1. Occasionally, not at startup,
> > rundll32 is using high CPU 95-100. Usually coneected to the
> > internet. I want to know how to determine what is being
> > started/running. There are no new processes showing in task
> > manager. Of course I cant kill rundll32, so I end up rebooting.
> > Can anyone help me in determing what rundll32 is doing? Thanks,
> > walter
>
That's why it's a good idea to say what you've done the *first* time. If
I'd known that, I wouldn't have wasted your time and mine with the
standard run av/spyware removal spiel. Do a Google and use the search
term, "rundll high cpu usage" and you'll get some links that look
useful.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[Malke]

phw1443 wrote:

> Excuse me, but I never intended to waste anyones time. My original
> question was pretty simple and stated quite well. It was to gain a
> method, methodology, procedure to examine the process and determine
> what the heck it was doing. I read all of the entries about this
> problem in the newsgroup and i was aware of the standard answers
> given. Microsoft should have a documented procedure to investigate
> this problem. I was asking for that. But I forgot, its Microsoft.
> Maybe some else has a differnt opinion than running all of those
> programs.
>
Look, this isn't Microsoft. This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup where
everyone reading and posting is a volunteer. You didn't state what you
had done to troubleshoot, so I gave you the "method, methodology,
procedure" to start with, which in a Windows enviroment is usually to
scan for viruses and remove spyware first. Then one normally uses
msconfig to see what is starting with Windows so one can do some sort
of logical deduction. A great deal of tech support consists of
eliminating factors and seeing what's left. As far as your desire to
not do "running all of those programs", I'm sorry but there is no
one-button quick click way to troubleshoot a pc, particularly via
Usenet postings.

There was no way to know that you were "aware of the standard answers"
from your post. Otherwise, I wouldn't have *given* you the standard
answers as a starting point. The next thing for you to do is to Google
for what others have found out if you haven't done this already. When I
use the search term, "rundll high cpu usage", I get quite a few links
that look promising.

Good luck,

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"