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[captaindave77]

When I open Task Manager (Windows XP) and then click on "Processes" I noticed that the CCleaner program seemed to be using a large portion of my operating system(ccSvcHst.exe). I have had the program installed for over a year and it has worked well, but I noticed that my system was running slower and decided to delete some of the large files including CCleaner (temporarily). I went to my Control Panel and deleted the program from "add/remove programs". When I went back to Task Manager and opened the column for "processes", I noticed that CCleaner was still there and that it had the largest "I/O Read Bytes" by far on the entire page...over 26 Billion I/O Read Bytes.

I then downloaded CCleaner again and went to the tools menu. I selected "uninstall" there to see if this would totally remove CCleaner. It appears that the program was removed and the desktop icon was also removed, but when I go to task manager-processes I still see "ccSvcHst.exe" and it still appears to be running in the background even though I deleted the program.

Does anyone know how to remove all of CCleaner? What does the 26,000,000,000 I/O Read Bytes really mean? I am concerned about an .exe file running on my computer after the program was "deleted"

Thanks.

[hazelnut]

Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html

[captaindave77]

hazelnut, on Jan 29 2008, 07:42 PM, said:

Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html

Thanks for the link...I am running Norton 360 as my main anti-virus program. I thought that "ccSvcHst.exe " was part of CCleaner...are you/they saying that it is actually part of Norton 360?

[hazelnut]

Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton)

[captaindave77]

hazelnut, on Jan 29 2008, 08:20 PM, said:

Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton)

Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner!

[glatzfront]

captaindave77, on Jan 29 2008, 04:33 PM, said:

Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner!

Try AVG free antivirus

[YoKenny]

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Try AVG free antivirus

AVG Free is very good:
http://free.grisoft....s/frt/0?prd=aff

[Tarq57]

Don't forget to run the Norton removal tool. Symantec is fairly notorious for leaving stuff behind.

[PapaSmurf]

Norton is one of two infamous "bloated" system cows. Can you guess the other?
I use AVG after experiencing the other two system cows.
The one difference that I have noticed is that my system no longer limps like it has been
hit by a truck.
I have had no trouble with AVG free and it has caught a couple of nasties so I know that it is working