hmmm i dont think it hangs/freezes at a particular time. it's just totally random to me. now it's working completely fine, and hopefully it won't do that again but i'll try your links. thanks for your help

and i've already totally uninstalled limewire from my computer so now it doesn't make much difference :P

My LW keeps popping up too, but when I went to my task manager to check for the virus like you said too, I didn't have any programs taking up my CPU usage. Any other ideas?

i have found a way to do this shorter. first, copy and paste taskmgr.exe and open it. then in your applications tab, there should be a installer app. uninstall this and boom you are done.

um i thoguht the same thing....the thing i did was highlight limewire.exe on there it should help if not..then umm delete the second most thing to the top after u click cpu 2 times

I'm having the same problem as amjad. the task manager doesn't show any other programs using cpu usage accept for the system idle process. please help.

THIS IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DONT SEE WINUPDATES:
you should see installer under applications. end it. now go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and the actual file should be there delete it and it should go away it did for me

yeh ive done all that and i dont have a program called installer under applications

BitDefender online scanner saved me


Its running right now and found the infection that was INFECTING my computer ahh... its has infected(created zip archives) over 5000 files so far (*EDIT now at 7000 while ive been typing this)

damn thing is called Win32.Worm. VB.DW

the file was actually infected in my newly downloaded Lavasoft personal firewall, I cant belive how many zip archives this thing has created.

I also had no winupdates in the taskmanager

I, too, was unable to find any winupdates.exe in my task manager. The one that uses up the second most amount for me is my Norton Anti Virus (and it also is not always the second, it jumps around from 1 anywhere to 25 and up), and I was wondering, if I end that process, does that mean that my Anti Virus goes away? I dont want to end it if it wont come back. Someone please help me out.