There are 72 processes running in my Windows 8.1 PC, are they malicious?

Anonymous
2014-03-29T11:05:48+00:00

Dear community,

The computer is new.

Im not computer literate but logic tells me 72 processes running in th e back ground is too many?

I don't wish to start turning on/off processes in case I corrupt the machine or messing with programs to deselect ...

start up has only 3 or 4 processes running so not so bad.

Any suggestions on where i can take it in London, uk to be detoxed?

Can I get Microsoft to fix it remotely?

thank you

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[Original Title: I HAVE 72 PROCESSES RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND on my windows 8.1 computer......... <Malware>]

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Anonymous
2014-03-29T18:32:27+00:00

sarah,

CrowdInspect is only meant an an informative utility to let you know what's going on with your system.

You don't need to kill any process, but if you come across any marked with a red dot, run a good anti-malware application like the free version of Malwarebytes to check them out. Download that from here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/free/

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-04T07:26:56+00:00

    hello :) Not sure what is going on with bluetooth, the pc and phone recognise each other for two minutes then they switch off. Backed up the computer all night long, now the issue is cannot do the system image backup due to error message reads 'This drive cannot be used to store a system image because it is not formatted with NTFS...

    grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. lol

    sarah :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T20:57:16+00:00

    Okay...

    firefox favourites ive learnt how to swap them to another computer...

    so should i put that same file in my skydrive too?

    im still backing up the computer

    and once thats finished i will try again to see if i can do that system image thing and see what happens...

    good night

    sarah :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T20:33:32+00:00

    so outstanding is how to backup firefox favourites...

    ive been to device manager and there is NO YELLOW DOTS...

    :)

    oh hunger games is okay..

    i dont rate it..

    silver linings playbook i recommend though!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T20:20:30+00:00

    sowwy just found SKYDRIVE AND made available offline..

    gosh my computer is like a maze!

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