three rundll32.exe running at the same time?!?!?!?

Question

im just trying to find out what is spyware and stuff. i read that rundll32.exe can be really harmful if its not what you think it is. and i have three copies of this exe running right now? someone wanna fill me in here and how to check if its spyware or not?

Answer 1

if you would like to check you whole cpu I suggest these two FREE anit-spyware, and anti-virus software programs:



Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html



AVG Free - http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe



Just boot in safe mode and run those two scans

Answer 2

Not spyware it is a core process run by windows, computer freaked though, Just restart the computer and see if you still have three rundll32.exe They should go away

Answer 3

If you really want to know if you have spyware you need to run a good anti-spyware scanner. rundll is used for many purposes, and you can have multiple processes running if you have different software using it.

Answer 4

If rundll32.exe is running out of C:/Windows/System32 leave it. If it is running from anywhere else it is most likely a trojan.

Answer 5

my computer has spyeware and it works just fine it actually works better with spyeware