BleepingComputer.com: 80+ processes running, what gives??? help :(

alright, so i've built a new rig, installed VISTA 64 ULTIMATE along with a heap of programs / games that i use and now i have approx 80 processes running when i do a fresh boot this is not cool

i have run CC Cleaner, spybot, adaware and come up with no major problems.
have also gone into msconfig (and the one in cc cleaner) and removed any programs i felt unecessary but still, have approx 80 processes. i even have 12 svchost running and no idea why.

here is a pic of windows task manager - can you see anything mega strange or suggest stuff that i don't need please???

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Please download and run Process Explorer

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb896653.aspx

Under file and save as, create a log and post here

copy and paste into a reply

thanks for that and as per request...

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Process PID CPU Description Company Name
System Idle Process 0 97.89
Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts
DPCs n/a Deferred Procedure Calls
System 4
smss.exe 648 Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 716 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
wininit.exe 772 Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation
services.exe 864 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 220 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
iTunes.exe 3428 iTunes Apple Inc.
unsecapp.exe 4440 Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application Microsoft Corporation
WmiPrvSE.exe 4724 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
nvvsvc.exe 516 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 186.18 NVIDIA Corporation
nvvsvc.exe 1624 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 186.18 NVIDIA Corporation
svchost.exe 668 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1056 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
audiodg.exe 1204 Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1080 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
dwm.exe 2484 0.39 Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1096 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 1856 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 2516 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 2564 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
SixEngine.exe 2652
aaCenter.exe 2668
svchost.exe 1232 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SLsvc.exe 1260 Microsoft Software Licensing Service Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1304 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1464 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
AAWService.exe 1592 Ad-Aware Service Application Lavasoft
spoolsv.exe 1932 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
CCSVCHST.EXE 1956 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
svchost.exe 2120 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
AEADISRV.EXE 1172 Andrea filters APO access service (64-bit) Andrea Electronics Corporation
AsSysCtrlService.exe 2776
httpd.exe 1184 Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation
httpd.exe 3456 Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation
nvPDsvc.exe 3160 NVIDIA Performance Driver Service
PnkBstrA.exe 3196
PnkBstrB.exe 3208
svchost.exe 3220 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
PSIService.exe 3308 nTitles PSIService
nvSCPAPISvr.exe 3376 Stereo Vision Control Panel API Server NVIDIA Corporation
svchost.exe 3804 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 3888 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SearchIndexer.exe 3924 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
SearchProtocolHost.exe 2432 Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Microsoft Corporation
SearchFilterHost.exe 3828 Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host Microsoft Corporation
SDWinSec.exe 4080 Spybot-S&D Security Center integration Safer Networking Ltd.
AluSchedulerSvc.exe 5008 Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Service Symantec Corporation
lsass.exe 876 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation
lsm.exe 884 Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 784 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
winlogon.exe 824 Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
explorer.exe 2624 0.39 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
SoundMAX.exe 3044 SoundMAX Audio Settings (32-bit) Analog Devices, Inc.
sidebar.exe 2160 Windows Sidebar Microsoft Corporation
sidebar.exe 2712 Windows Sidebar Microsoft Corporation
uTorrent.exe 1776 µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.
TeaTimer.exe 2708 System settings protector Safer-Networking Ltd.
NetMeter.exe 2704 0.39
qlock.exe 3416
iTunesKeys.exe 1160 iTunesKeys
firefox.exe 4480 0.77 Firefox Mozilla Corporation
speedfan.exe 4776 Almico Software (www.almico.com)
TurboV.exe 2512
AiNap.exe 2876
CCSVCHST.EXE 1708 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
Wallpaper.exe 3244 Desktop Wallpaper Changer James Garton
jusched.exe 3464 Java™ Platform SE binary Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TimounterMonitor.exe 3484 Monitor for Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer Acronis
smax4pnp.exe 3492 SMax4PNP Analog Devices, Inc.
AAWTray.exe 3500 Ad-Aware Tray Application Lavasoft
zRaidTray.exe 228 Marvell RAID Monitor Marvell Technology
taskmgr.exe 1972 Windows Task Manager Microsoft Corporation
procexp.exe 2896 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
procexp64.exe 4188 0.39 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
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A quick answer is because you are running a lot of stuff. For example, just a quick glance I see you have AT LEAST 7 processes running for your istuff, (ipod, itunes ect), and you have another 5 (for now that number will grow) processes running for your symantec. You are also running speedfan. Why? You are running the nVidia app that goes the same thing. Kill one or the other. The nVidia one not only will tell you the temps of you cpu, gpu, RAM, and HDD (I think, HDD, it may be some other component) but also give you other info about each component. Adawrae runs 3 or 4 as does Spybot.

Your ASUS Mobo comes with assorted crapware like the aacenter.exe, AInap, AEADISVC.exe, turboV.exe, and the mysterious AsSysCtrlService.exe I say mysterious because although it is obviously an ASUS exe, no one seems to know what it does and ASUS isn't saying even on their forums).
You Adode (is it the free or paid BTW) is running several, some which are unnecessary. Did you install the True Imagwe Back-up or is that crapware that came installed on your computer? If you didn't install it then you can get rid of it and the timountermonitor.exe will go away.

Soundmax EXE is either a realtek driver or a Trojan, I was confused and didn't spend enough time to verify either one. But I would check here, and then ask someone before you delete it, because I also found somewhere else that it is a necessary component for sound if you have Soundmax. Since you also have smax4pnp.exe running, I'm going to assume that you DO have Soundmax and shouldn't stop this, but again, ask a real malware pro.

But as you can see you have a bunch of stuff running and each one uses a couple (or more) processes. There are a few you can stop. Jusched.exe for example is a totally useless process that Java inflicts you with. It runs constantly to check if there is a Java update. Java updates about once a millennium but that process runs constantly and constantly checks. It can also be a stone cold witch to stop. I don't know how many processes the bit torrent uses, but as you use it more and it allows viruses and other malware into your system it will slow soon slow you down.

I would HIGHLY recommend to get rid of the Symantec crap, unless it is the high dollar commercial version. Sysmantec (IE Norton) does not play well with Vista, especially 64 Bit Vista. They claim they have fixed it, but they have been claiming that since their original claim that it worked with Vista in the first place proved to be false. I really do not understand how a product (norton/Symantec) can have so many problems with another product (Vista) and still be so widely used and so widely installed by computer manufacturers, and so blatantly ignored by people AS a problem despite all the documented cases. they seem to be able to shift blame for all problems it causes on hardware and other software. I had it when I built this system (also Vista64). I STILL use symantec on my XP system, so it's not like I hate Symantec or anything, it just doesn't work with Vista.