Had just about enough of this

[Skii]

internet is dog slow, browser takes ages to load, loads of warnings from Sygate firewall about svchost being blocked,

I clickto take a look in my main drive and I see all these programs sitting there



Now i've updated AVG and run it 5 times, spybot, adaware, windows update (apart from that service pack 2 garbage)

Nothing.

Here's my task manager



Someone give me a clue what the hell is going on

[Norky]

Have you updated your virus definitions before running a scan?

[Skii]

Have you updated your virus definitions before running a scan?

Yep

[Grey M@a]

That first image should of sparked the alarm bells straight off. You either have a worm or a virus, since when did you ever see applications called lololj and ha5 I would try running something other than AVG as I think it's missing something or they don't have a definition file that has the sigs for the latest and greatest.

svhost is Windows way of handling mass processes. It's not unusual to see 3 - 4 running at a time but then again its been known for viruses to attach to them in order to get to as many processes as possible.

All I can say is try to get hold of another AV app or try the free scans from the Sophos page (sorry dont have the link at hand)

[Norky]

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Try an online scan.

[Skii]

Scanning now ...

[Skii]

worm_rbot_gen....

[Skii]

Lovely

[Norky]

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...=WORM_RBOT.GEN
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453093864

"ehtray.exe is a process is the tray bar process for the Microsoft Media Center. It gives you easy access to the digital media manager. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling this is down to user preference."

[da_ging]

you aint gonna like it but...

backup -> format -> reload

and after a fresh install, lob on spybot, spywareblaster ,sp2 , and Norton antivirus - it may hog a few more resources but it works!!!!!

[ArmagoN]

or spend £25 on a virus scanner and remover