Problems with "prefetch" process after installing Service ..

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After installing SP2, i got error messages saying the virtual memory was low,
so I increased it- the messages continued. Now I see that a process called
37cb69.exe is running and using more and more memory. I can end the process
with no problmes. I believe this process is part of "prefetch". Can anyone
suggest what is wrong and what I can do to fix it. I have run disk cleanup,
defragement and I have anti-virus scan.

 

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Have you considered spyware?

Ted Zieglar

"graemegw" <graemegw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After installing SP2, i got error messages saying the virtual memory was
> low,
> so I increased it- the messages continued. Now I see that a process
> called
> 37cb69.exe is running and using more and more memory. I can end the
> process
> with no problmes. I believe this process is part of "prefetch". Can anyone
> suggest what is wrong and what I can do to fix it. I have run disk
> cleanup,
> defragement and I have anti-virus scan.

 

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graemegw wrote:
> After installing SP2, i got error messages saying the virtual memory
> was low, so I increased it- the messages continued. Now I see that a
> process called 37cb69.exe is running and using more and more memory.
> I can end the process with no problmes. I believe this process is
> part of "prefetch". Can anyone suggest what is wrong and what I can
> do to fix it. I have run disk cleanup, defragement and I have
> anti-virus scan.

Truthfully, that sounds more like Spyware/Adware/Malware of some sort.
I suggest a full AntiVirus/AntiSpyware scan.

Barring that - use this to clean up your Prefetch:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2495

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