we have a hp pavillion 1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM, win xp home edition, everytime we boot the computer, performance monitor always show 100% cpu utilization. noticed that the rundll32 is the only application running, when i end this process cpu utilization goes down to normal. uninstalled kazaa. ran ad-aware and removed all spyware present. any thoughts anyone?
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Try searching for any duplicate or corrupted copies of rundll32 on your machine. Size should be 31kb version 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) it should be in the System32 Folder.
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Download and run Spybot SD too.
Check for virus infection using latest available virus definitions.
Ummmm, if I remember correctly, a while back there was a worm which used rundll32 to replicate itself, as well as register itself so that it gets loaded at startup. Updated your virus software and done a full scan lately? (Just because you have the latest virus defs does not mean you don't have a virus.)
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