captaindave77 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 When I open Task Manager (Windows XP) and then click on "Processes" I noticed that the CCleaner program seemed to be using a large portion of my operating system(ccSvcHst.exe). I have had the program installed for over a year and it has worked well, but I noticed that my system was running slower and decided to delete some of the large files including CCleaner (temporarily). I went to my Control Panel and deleted the program from "add/remove programs". When I went back to Task Manager and opened the column for "processes", I noticed that CCleaner was still there and that it had the largest "I/O Read Bytes" by far on the entire page...over 26 Billion I/O Read Bytes. I then downloaded CCleaner again and went to the tools menu. I selected "uninstall" there to see if this would totally remove CCleaner. It appears that the program was removed and the desktop icon was also removed, but when I go to task manager-processes I still see "ccSvcHst.exe" and it still appears to be running in the background even though I deleted the program. Does anyone know how to remove all of CCleaner? What does the 26,000,000,000 I/O Read Bytes really mean? I am concerned about an .exe file running on my computer after the program was "deleted" Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 29, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2008 Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaindave77 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Have a read here Captain, it may not be CCleaner causing the problem http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/789023.html Thanks for the link...I am running Norton 360 as my main anti-virus program. I thought that "ccSvcHst.exe " was part of CCleaner...are you/they saying that it is actually part of Norton 360? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 29, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton) Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaindave77 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yes, if you google ccSvcHst.exe you will see it's part of symantec (Norton) Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatzfront Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Thanks!! you have solved the mystery...maybe I should delete Norton and re-install CCleaner! Try AVG free antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Try AVG free antivirus AVG Free is very good:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Don't forget to run the Norton removal tool. Symantec is fairly notorious for leaving stuff behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaSmurf Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Norton is one of two infamous "bloated" system cows. Can you guess the other? I use AVG after experiencing the other two system cows. The one difference that I have noticed is that my system no longer limps like it has been hit by a truck. I have had no trouble with AVG free and it has caught a couple of nasties so I know that it is working And that's the bottom line, 'cause PapaSmurf says so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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