Vista rootkit issue? All legit software. Open an .wav folder with a few wav files and hard-drive goe

[Guest Bob]

Hi

 

I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop.

 

Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in .wav

format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly. System

responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is the

definite trigger, (the folder).

 

I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av software

installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run IE

with very tight security settings.

 

I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my burning

needs are for simple document backups.

 

I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my

problems began.

 

I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index service to

prevent further hard-drive activity.

 

I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9.

 

Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that audio

CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the Internet

to collect the music CD's track and album details.

 

I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet. NIS

2007 is supposed to detect them...

 

I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if I

have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop.

 

Wadda ya think?

 

Many thanks

 

Bob

[Guest Alternator]

Bob;453001 Wrote: <span style="color:blue">

> Hi

>

> I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop.

>

> Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in

> .wav

> format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly.

> System

> responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is

> the

> definite trigger, (the folder).

>

> I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av

> software

> installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run

> IE

> with very tight security settings.

>

> I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my

> burning

> needs are for simple document backups.

>

> I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my

> problems began.

>

> I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index

> service to

> prevent further hard-drive activity.

>

> I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9.

>

> Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that

> audio

> CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the

> Internet

> to collect the music CD's track and album details.

>

> I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet.

> NIS

> 2007 is supposed to detect them...

>

> I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if

> I

> have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop.

>

> Wadda ya think?

>

> Many thanks

>

> Bob</span>

 

 

Same problem here, When I open some folder with .wav files explorer

takes all of my 4gb memory, and pc freeze.

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

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[Guest Michael D. Ober]

"Alternator" <Alternator.3k9g40@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in

message news:Alternator.3k9g40@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...<span style="color:blue">

>

> Bob;453001 Wrote:<span style="color:green">

>> Hi

>>

>> I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop.

>>

>> Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in

>> .wav

>> format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly.

>> System

>> responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is

>> the

>> definite trigger, (the folder).

>>

>> I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av

>> software

>> installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run

>> IE

>> with very tight security settings.

>>

>> I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my

>> burning

>> needs are for simple document backups.

>>

>> I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my

>> problems began.

>>

>> I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index

>> service to

>> prevent further hard-drive activity.

>>

>> I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9.

>>

>> Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that

>> audio

>> CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the

>> Internet

>> to collect the music CD's track and album details.

>>

>> I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet.

>> NIS

>> 2007 is supposed to detect them...

>>

>> I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if

>> I

>> have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop.

>>

>> Wadda ya think?

>>

>> Many thanks

>>

>> Bob</span>

>

>

> Same problem here, When I open some folder with .wav files explorer

> takes all of my 4gb memory, and pc freeze.

>

> Any suggestions?

>

>

> --

> Alternator

> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

></span>

 

First, disable your anti-virus and see if that fixes the problem. If so,

contact your AV vendor for help. If it's not the AV, reinstall the OS with

a format and then install everything except the Sony software. Based on

Sony's history, I wouldn't be surprised if their software is causing the

problem.

 

Mike Ober.