sudden *32 on my laptop, or im blind

Discussion in 'Software' started by velcro, Nov 28, 2012.

  1. velcro

    velcro Private E-2

    OK , now i know u think i am crazy, i check my task manager every day. enough to notice when it changes. yesterday my laptop started running funny while i was playing a game. so i went to my tasks manager and notice a lot of *32 after a lot of .exe , now i know u are going to tell me that they have always been their. i do know better they where not. and yes i do understand that they are for 32bit programs. but why did it just now start showing up. if im crazy just tell me so. it was a big change in my task.

    OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
    Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name ********
    System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    System Model Dell System Inspiron N7110
    System Type x64-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A09, 11/18/2011
    SMBIOS Version 2.6
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
    User Name *******
    Time Zone US Mountain Standard Time
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
    Total Physical Memory 7.90 GB
    Available Physical Memory 5.49 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 15.8 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 13.3 GB
    Page File Space 7.90 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys
     
  2. thisisu

    thisisu Malware Consultant

    Hi and welcome to MajorGeeks :)

    It does not matter whether they have the *32 suffix or not. What's the actual filepath to the .exe?
    This can be seen from the "Command Line" section in Windows Task Manager.

    See highlighted portion of attached screenshot as example.
     

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  3. velcro

    velcro Private E-2

    thank you, i have checked them all and they all seem to be correct. i ran several scans and i think what ever it was is gone now. i hope.
     
  4. thisisu

    thisisu Malware Consultant

    No problem ;)
    Be safe.
     

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