Proxima Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Right, so I am having this problem. Not matter what I do, when I startup my PC the CPU usage straight away skyrockets to 100% due to a process called lsm.exe It's not a virus as I have scanned and checked with multiple strong checkers. It's interfering with the use of my PC as if this process is running I cannot do anything else. As soon as I end the process the PC is fine at a low level CPU usage. Any advice on how i can fix this without having to end the process every single time I start the PC. (The problem only started 2 days ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizminite Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Have you tried what i suggested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bufu Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 linky ?? linky ?? Seems to not only be related to RDP connections to 2008 R2 machines, but also seems reported for use of Media player and a few other random things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanashi Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750090 From the few articles I've just googled... If it's the legit version of lsm.exe, then the only other cases are to do with remote desktops, and all the other instances seem to be a form of malware. Hope that helps. Also: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lsm.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proxima Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yeah I read that, but the problem is I don't use RDP or Server. And It's not malware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 lsm.exe is part of Windows, and essential. How do your lsm.exe's properties differ from mine? pay particular note to size and location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proxima Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 lsm.exe is part of Windows, and essential. How do your lsm.exe's properties differ from mine? pay particular note to size and location. Exactly the same as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 You could try to validate it with Microsoft's file signature checker. down load, drop it in windows\system32 and run it from a cmd prompt should look like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proxima Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Once again, exactly the same. It's confusing as to why its using so many resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 It could be some one using it out side of your computer o_0. I think you can just close the Process and it would do any bad I think. I'm not an IT expert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proxima Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Right, fixed it using a lot of different programs. The fix was here: http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=123185 just in case people were wondering. The Lsm.exe was a DEEP routed malware that was apparently so good at hiding only one deep cleaner could find it But, all sorted. Big Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Yay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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