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SysFader.exe Is this a virus or spyware

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16-Mar-2009, 01:47 PM #1
SysFader.exe Is this a virus or spyware
I just noticed this showing as an open application on my windows task manager. I have never noticed it before.

Recently my computer has seemed to be running slower. I was having speed issues a few months ago and dumped AVG for Avira and noticed a huge difference in speed and available resouces but things seem to have slowed again. I attributed that to me adding Spybots Resident Shield as it seems to use quite a few resources but it also catches and removes a lot of stuff so I have left it.

So originally I thought my slowness was due to Resident Shield but now I am wondering if there is a problem related to SysFader.exe.

any help appreciated.

btw is Spybots resident shield something I need as I have the free edition of Avira on all the time and scan with both Spybots and Ad-Aware quite a lot? Would the things it is grabbing on an immediate/daily basis get caught in my regular maintenance?
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16-Mar-2009, 04:31 PM #2
Upon researching, sysfader.exe is a process belonging to the NVidia Graphics device range and is bundled alongside these products.
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16-Mar-2009, 07:50 PM #3
Thanks for that reply.

I went to NVidia's website and looked at their product list (http://www.nvidia.com/page/products.html) and cannot say that I recall ever downloading a single one of them. So again see it pop up on my Task Manager's Applications first page and then disappear on its own was rather odd.
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16-Mar-2009, 11:41 PM #4
You're welcome
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