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    Looking at the programs running in the taskmanager at the time of the print screen the programs taking up the largest amount of resources and an explanation of what they were, were the following;
    Outlook>>>>which is you email program
    firefox>>>>your browser
    avgrsx.exe>>>which was scanning your computer at that time for viruses
    RTHDCPL.exe>>>Realtek HD Audio Control Panel
    Smc.exe>>>Sygate firewall
    HijackThis.exe>>>This is HiJackThis and shouldn't be running unless it is actually scanning the machine.
    TextPad.exe>>>text editor for Windows
    All of these above would have stopped using system resources when closed.
    **************************************************
    The others also running at the time which were probably not necessary were the following;
    WVAMain.exe>>>Wow Video&Audio
    agquickp.exe>>>ActivCard Gold
    GoogleUpdate.exe>>>google updater
    BTTray.exe>>>BlueTooth Tray
    web'n'walk Manager.exe>>>T Mobile
    notepad.exe>>>Windows Notepad
    utubeuploader.exe>>>uTube uploader
    UltraMonTaskbar.exe>>>for computers using multiple monitors
    scardsvr.exe>>>Smartcard server
    ACCOCA.exe>>>ActivCard Cache Server.
    btwdins.exe>>>related to bluetooth
    jusched.exe>>>java update scheduler
    aawservice>>>adaware service
    realplay.exe>>>real player
    WGATray.exe>>>Windows Genuine Advantage
    fumoei.exe>>>Free download manager
    realsched.exe>>>real player update scheduler

    One of the things to do when you see huge numbers of system resources being used is close unnecessary programs and reboot the computer.
    PLUS one must ALWAYS reboot often when cleaning malware, sometimes items cannot be cleaned unless the system reboots.
    Looks to me like this wasn't done, especially with HJT showing as running.
    I did not check each and every item showing in your print screen but just those I knew which could be shut down without causing the computer itself to shut down. You have a lot of unnecessary startups which can be turned off. Many programs automatically put themselves into auto start when they are installed but are not needed there because they run just fine if run manually.
    One very important item to note is this; If you are scanning your computer for viruses and malware ALL unnecessary programs should be turned OFF. This includes mail programs, browsers, media players, video programs, file download programs, bluetooth programs....ALL of those can slow the cleanup, corrupt the cleanup and just are not needed.

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    Thank you, J

    i the meantime, as an answer here wasn't coming, i went to check the listed processes myself, as much as i could find about them on web... and it did turn out for most of them that they were legitimate processes, partly due to all reasons you described.

    i threw out a few unnecessary start-up items, and the rest were actually used at the time a made the screenshot...

    i'll have to clean my machine obiviously, but not (only) from malware, but mainly form legitimate but unnecessary ****.

    thanks for the advice, i'll follow it in the future!

    one question though: all these multiple copies of svchost - how about that? is that normal or...?

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