running processers

[thornyone]

what is gearsec.exe and wow exe and do thay need to be running at starup o/s xp pro

[c0lin]

wow.exe seems to be spyware

http://research.pestpatrol.com/Search/FileInfoResults.asp?MD5=dd9fcd3a64fce54055b049a2b7 79e3ce

gearsec.exe seems to be a cd-burning application

its up to you if you want to remove this from startup or not :squint:

...but i could be wrong :hammered:

[thornyone]

thanks c0lin wow exe is not there any more its gone strange

[c0lin]

it might be hiding
try searching for it..

glad i cud help :squint: :)

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search google for startup list, and you'll get some great sites that database what all these processes do.