Weird Stuff happening, not much hair left in my head to tear off at this point!

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

This started after the local cable operator leased out the network to a different ISP. this ISP is worse than the previous one.

First, my computer seems extremely sluggish when connected to the net now.
even the desktop hangs. i may have found the culprit:-

sometimes if i end the process, it will end, but come back again. sometimes, trying to end it will trash the system. mouse and kb will work, along with the start button, but nothing else works. Even Alt+Ctrl+Del shows an error.

The appearance changed automatically and its gotten stuck at that. Some elements in the windows like buttons etc, are all square and classic, like in win98. They dont go back to normal, even after restarting, or fiddling with their settings. even applications like CCleaner, IE and opera and and all that i can think of seems to be affected. Even this tab too!

the title bar at the top of the window isnt supposed to be there (and other things)!

Sometimes after the system has locked up, if i press the reset button, it doesnt work either. Other times, if i long press the power button, the monitor goes off, but the CPU keeps running.

Note: this all started after i changed my network settings to match the new ISP, and logged in.

before this everything was allright. but during the changeover of the ISP, my comp did get sluggish if the ethernet cable was connected. however it didnt cause any other problems. comp went to normal as soon as i unplugged cable.

i tested my HDD, RAM, they are both ok. No viruses, checked with eset, updated.

what is going on :banghead:

Oh and i am getting 8mbps download and 2mbps up during speedtest.net to the neighboring country and while download few things like opera, chrome, but other than these i am getting only 50kbps speed!

ruff0r · Feb 10, 2013

de.das.dude said:
Note: this all started after i changed my network settings to match the new ISP, and logged in.

You can identify what's using the memory by running the Win7 Resource Monitor:

- Ctl-Shift-Esc to start Task Manager
- Click the "Performance" Tab
- Click the "Resource Monitor..." button at the lower right

In the resource monitor, click the "memory" tab and then click on the "Working Set" column heading to sort by the amount of physical memory being used by the various processes.

Second attempt:
Disable the Superfetch service.

McSteel · Feb 10, 2013

This smells like a virus. I see you have something from ESET installed (icon in the systray), and it probably wants to update (yellow alert). I suggest you do update it, and run an in-depth scan. You might find an uninvited guest resident...

FordGT90Concept · Feb 10, 2013

Use Process Explorer to see what services are hosted on that svchost.exe.

Edit: if it doesn't list processes under svchost that's taking all the memory, open svchost, go to the "Services" tab to find the services running on the host. The "Threads" tab may also be of some use for when the CPU load spikes.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

McSteel said:
This smells like a virus. I see you have something from ESET installed (icon in the systray), and it probably wants to update (yellow alert). I suggest you do update it, and run an in-depth scan. You might find an uninvited guest resident...

its updated. yellow cuz its gonna expire in a week.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

FordGT90Concept said:
Use Process Explorer to see what services are hosted on that svchost.exe.

Edit: if it doesn't list processes under svchost that's taking all the memory, open svchost, go to the "Services" tab to find the services running on the host. The "Threads" tab may also be of some use for when the CPU load spikes.

i did try to go to the services, and it listed Winmgnt and another one. i will confirm the other one. BTW, neither looked suspicious.

did a speedtest right now

and i am getting 50KBps downloads :\

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

wtf. well, this isnt normal is it?

natr0n · Feb 10, 2013

Wise-Game-Booster

try this will close off uneeded services and anything overtaking resources.

add this to ccleaner directory

cleans up extra sh!t

Black Panther · Feb 10, 2013

Do you still get that high usage if you boot in safe mode?

Radical_Edward · Feb 10, 2013

Run a malwarebyte's and a TDSSkiller scan. From then info you've given you have an infection.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

natr0n said:
Wise-Game-Booster

try this will close off uneeded services and anything overtaking resources.

add this to ccleaner directory

cleans up extra sh!t

i just copy pasted it into the program files directory

FordGT90Concept · Feb 10, 2013

Windows Search and SuperFetch both can take huge amounts of memory. Try stopping those services and see if it settles down.

...also ironic that you're having network problems and WLAN AutoConfig and Windows Driver Foundation are running on that process...

natr0n · Feb 10, 2013

de.das.dude said:
i just copy pasted it into the program files directory

It should be saved as Winapp2.ini

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

natr0n said:
It should be saved as Winapp2.ini

"save linked content as"

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

FordGT90Concept said:
Windows Search and SuperFetch both can take huge amounts of memory. Try stopping those services and see if it settles down.

...also ironic that you're having network problems and WLAN AutoConfig and Windows Driver Foundation are running on that process...

i was suspecting driver conflict too, but this combination of lan card and wifi dongle has been with me for quite some time now. plus that doesnt explain all the other crazy shit thats happening.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

Radical_Edward said:
Run a malwarebyte's and a TDSSkiller scan. From then info you've given you have an infection.

doind that now. never had to use malwarebytes before. or the other one.

malwarebytes detected two thingys.

FordGT90Concept · Feb 10, 2013

I would go down the list of those services and stop them in services.msc until you find the culprit. None of those processes should be consuming over 1 GiB of RAM so if you stop one and that memory is freed up, you found one of your problems.

Edit: Also, stop all anti-virus software and firewalls. They can cause a trainwreck. If you're concerned about being exposed to the filthy internet, unplug the internet connection first (you should probably do that anyway to isolate your local problems).

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

woot. deleted two of the malwares and the appearance change has been fixed. now eveything looks normal. but that service is still here.

Ford can you give me more details about this services.msc?

also, i think the login page of this ISP is infected. because whenever i try to open that page that weird stuff starts happening.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

Sweet JC! look at all these services associated with that svchost this time!

EDIT: zing found another malware!

Kudos to Rad Edward for suggesting this.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

oh no it went back to the previous form.

the fight continues

Radical_Edward · Feb 10, 2013

Also run TDSSKiller. There might be something Malwarebyte's is missing. You said that you got this off your ISP's site, do they by chance use Java?

natr0n · Feb 10, 2013

Backup data and fresh install is what I do in situations like this.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

Radical_Edward said:
Also run TDSSKiller. There might be something Malwarebyte's is missing. You said that you got this off your ISP's site, do they by chance use Java?

YES!!!!!!!!

and there is this pop up with the jsp extention(java) that keeps wanting to come up. but opera is blocking it.

i knew this couldnt be a coincidence.

de.das.dude · Feb 10, 2013

natr0n said:
Backup data and fresh install is what I do in situations like this.

i really dont know how to do that. never backed up. i usually fresh install. but i really need to backup this time! thanks beforehand

FordGT90Concept · Feb 10, 2013

de.das.dude said:
Ford can you give me more details about this services.msc?

It's the same as going to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services.

de.das.dude said:
and there is this pop up with the jsp extention(java) that keeps wanting to come up. but opera is blocking it.

i knew this couldnt be a coincidence.

That happens everytime I update Java. I block it everytime.

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800x @ 4,85Ghz
Motherboard	AORUS MASTER X570
Cooling	Costume External Water Loop 1080 Rad
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3600 16GB @3800 mhz cl16
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Water
Storage	Raid0 4 x Sasmsung 850 EVo, 980 1TB M.2
Display(s)	ASUS Swift
Case	Open test bench
Power Supply	Be quiet! 850 P10
Mouse	G703
Keyboard	Old USB Dell Keyboard x2
VR HMD	Rift S
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Chaos
Processor	Intel Core i5 4590K @ 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPower MAX AC
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 + MX4
Memory	4x4 GB Kingston HyperX Beast 2400 GT/s CL11
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1070 Dual @ stock
Storage	256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD + 1 TB WD Green (Idle timer off) + 320 GB WD Blue
Display(s)	Dell U2515H
Case	Fractal Design Define R3
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX750 Platinum
Mouse	CM Storm Recon
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire Pro (MX Red)

System Name	BY-2021
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile)
Motherboard	MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Scythe Mugen (rev 5)
Memory	2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM
Display(s)	Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI)
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 850w
Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
Keyboard	Tesoro Excalibur
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare.

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

System Name	natr0n-PC
Processor	Ryzen 5950x/5600x
Motherboard	B450 AORUS M
Cooling	EK AIO 360 - 6 fan action
Memory	Patriot - Viper Steel DDR4 (B-Die)(4x8GB)
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3070ti FTW
Storage	Various
Display(s)	PIXIO IPS 240Hz 1080P
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 VT
Audio Device(s)	LOXJIE D10 + Kinter Amp + 6 Bookshelf Speakers Sony+JVC+Sony
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

System Name	Black Panther
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Display(s)	32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz
Case	NZXT H710i Black
Audio Device(s)	Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+
Mouse	Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model
Keyboard	Motospeed
Software	Windows 10

System Name	GLaDOS
Processor	AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Cooling	Corsair H80i v2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC
Storage	WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD
Display(s)	2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Corsair 850HXi 850W
Mouse	Corsair Sabre RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

Weird Stuff happening, not much hair left in my head to tear off at this point!

Pro Indian Modder

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

Pro Indian Modder

"I go fast!1!11!1!"