Mysterious CPU Load

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 03-11-08, 09:07 PM

Recently, there's a mysterious something that occasionally pops up and takes 50% of CPU.

Process Explorer identifies it first as "agent.exe", apparently some kind of of Update Service for Installshield. Well, I don't care about Updates, no update program should be hogging 50% of my computer. I force it to close.

I still feel drag on my computer. A few minutes later, I run Process Explorer again. Now, explorer.exe (the shell) is taking up 50%. At that point, I have to restart and get my computer back.

The 3rd time this happened, I threw agent.exe and everything in its folder into a Zip file, deleted the folder, and cleaned off the Registry headers linking to it w/ CC cleaner.

Now Explorer, not IE, Explorer the shell, starts taking 50%.

What is happening. I'm running a virus scan now while I'm at work, but any other candidates?

03-11-08, 09:07 PM	#1
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mysterious CPU Load Recently, there's a mysterious something that occasionally pops up and takes 50% of CPU. Process Explorer identifies it first as "agent.exe", apparently some kind of of Update Service for Installshield. Well, I don't care about Updates, no update program should be hogging 50% of my computer. I force it to close. I still feel drag on my computer. A few minutes later, I run Process Explorer again. Now, explorer.exe (the shell) is taking up 50%. At that point, I have to restart and get my computer back. The 3rd time this happened, I threw agent.exe and everything in its folder into a Zip file, deleted the folder, and cleaned off the Registry headers linking to it w/ CC cleaner. Now Explorer, not IE, Explorer the shell, starts taking 50%. What is happening. I'm running a virus scan now while I'm at work, but any other candidates?