System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800; CPU: AMD
Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per cent
after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the problem.
Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was usually the culprit;
msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent much of last week running a
malware audit suggested by an MVP in the security newsgroup. His analysis is
that my system is about the cleanest he has seen in a long time: no malware
issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a safe
boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact I'd be
happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something evil to some
other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of everything msmsgs.exe
affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?

Disable email scanning as it serves no useful purpose and is the most likely
cause of your problem:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...= bar_sch_nam
quote
Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
end quote
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"LinusF" wrote in message
...
System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800; CPU:
AMD
Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per cent
after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the problem.
Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was usually the
culprit;
msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent much of last week running a
malware audit suggested by an MVP in the security newsgroup. His analysis
is
that my system is about the cleanest he has seen in a long time: no
malware
issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a safe
boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact I'd
be
happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something evil to
some
other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of everything msmsgs.exe
affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?

What does this have to do with Outlook Express, please?

See http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm and
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


LinusF wrote:
System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800; CPU:
AMD Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per cent
after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the problem.
Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was usually the
culprit; msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent much of last week
running a malware audit suggested by an MVP in the security newsgroup.
His analysis is that my system is about the cleanest he has seen in a
long time: no malware issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a safe
boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact
I'd be happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something
evil to some other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of
everything msmsgs.exe affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?

I'll give it a try.


"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Disable email scanning as it serves no useful purpose and is the most likely
cause of your problem:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...= bar_sch_nam
quote
Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
end quote
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"LinusF" wrote in message
...
System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800; CPU:
AMD
Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per cent
after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the problem.
Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was usually the
culprit;
msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent much of last week running a
malware audit suggested by an MVP in the security newsgroup. His analysis
is
that my system is about the cleanest he has seen in a long time: no
malware
issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a safe
boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact I'd
be
happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something evil to
some
other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of everything msmsgs.exe
affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?

The Knowledge base docs I read indicated that msmsgs also affected OE6
operations. True? How? Which group handles messenger?

"PA Bear" wrote:

What does this have to do with Outlook Express, please?

See http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm and
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


LinusF wrote:
System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800; CPU:
AMD Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per cent
after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the problem.
Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was usually the
culprit; msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent much of last week
running a malware audit suggested by an MVP in the security newsgroup.
His analysis is that my system is about the cleanest he has seen in a
long time: no malware issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a safe
boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact
I'd be happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something
evil to some other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of
everything msmsgs.exe affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?

Windows Messenger can interact with OE. See the pages I cited earlier.

MSN Messenger: microsoft.public.msn.messenger

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities....msn.messenger

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....msn.messenger

Windows Messenger: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp.messeng er

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsxp.messenger
--
~PA Bear


LinusF wrote:
The Knowledge base docs I read indicated that msmsgs also affected OE6
operations. True? How? Which group handles messenger?

"PA Bear" wrote:

What does this have to do with Outlook Express, please?

See http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm and
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


LinusF wrote:
System assembled in August 2006. Mobo: ASROCK K8 Upgrade 1689 2800;
CPU: AMD Athlon/Sempron 64 2800; OS: WinXP Pro (up to date)
In mid-December I began finding that my system was running at 98+ per
cent after log on (system is up 24/7). Only a reboot would clear the
problem. Task manager indicated that Symantec's NAV ccapp.exe was
usually the culprit; msmsgs.exe was sometimes indicated. I spent
much of last week running a malware audit suggested by an MVP in the
security newsgroup. His analysis is that my system is about the
cleanest he has seen in a long time: no malware issues.
I then spent much of a day with Symantec techs who appeared to have
addressed the issue of ccapp.exe by cleaning the internet cache via a
safe boot & CMD commands.
Two days later and every then morning & now afternoon since, however,
msmsgs.exe grabs all the resources. I do not use Messenger. (In fact
I'd be happy to rid my system of Messenger if it does not do something
evil to some other sub-system. I cannot seem to find a list of
everything msmsgs.exe affects.)
I have had a few problems with OE 6 (see previous posts) which are not
completely addressed yet.
What to do?