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VSMON.EXE Consumes CPU After ZA Upgrade
I had this problem for a while too. I've found that 9 times out of 10, there's a version of the MSblast worm on your computer, and that causes vsmon.exe to take up a lot of cpu time. Since Blast and blast variants all replicate themselves by accessing the internet, the firewall is involved...- nearng24
- Post #13
- Forum: Security, hacker detection & forensics
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VSMON.EXE and Internet bank site
I had this problem for a while too. I've found that 9 times out of 10, there's a version of the MSblast worm on your computer, and that causes vsmon.exe to take up a lot of cpu time. Since Blast and blast variants all replicate themselves by accessing the internet, the firewall is involved...- nearng24
- Post #24
- Forum: Security, hacker detection & forensics
