What programs should be running in background

LeeTilson · Apr 7, 2014

I cannot figure out which programs should be running in the background and which should not. There are way too many running, but I cannot tell, and have not been able to figure out, what some of them are and how to stop them.

I have a Toshiba Satellite S855 S5381
8 G Ram
Core i7 240 G hz

I want to find out if any might be viruses.

I want to stop the ones I don't need.

I added a few browser apps and each one seems to be running a separate program in the background. I need to get my machine to run better.

Help.

thanks

plodr · Apr 7, 2014

Start here
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
type the name of the process in the box under Search for Startup and it will tell you that Yes, it is needed, No it is not needed or it depends what programs are installed. If unsure, let it alone and you can go back later and possibly disable it.

DavidGP · Apr 12, 2014

Hi

If you follow the below guide, then we can advise on the startups you need or not

Run Ccleaner and click Tools > Startup and then click the Save to text file button at the bottom, Then attach your log to your next post as per these instructions HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post
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