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Posted by Alias on February 4, 2006, 7:52 pm
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Gordon J. Rattray wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> My main machine has a problem with the "wuauclt.exe" service process
> grabbing 99% of the processor when Windows goes for the updates. Only way to
> get the machine to run properly is to disable the Windows Update service.
>
> I did the Kapersky check, the MS Live Safety Site check, SpyBot, Pest
> Patrol, and Ad Aware and nothing came up in the way of malware.
>
>
> But it still hangs when going to Windows update... "wuauclt.exe" grabs the
> processor at 99% and just slows the machine to a crawl... otherwise if I
> disable the Automatic Update services the machines runs just great.... it's
> just that one thing, hanging at the update as if it's looking for something
> it can't find....
>
> Any specific worm/virus that could be causing this? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon
>
>
The original wuauclt.exe from Microsoft should be found at
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe. If you find it anywhere else then you
should be suspicious for sure.
Sophos:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/search-results/?search=wuauclt.exe&action=search
Alias
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