I'm having no problems with my pc or OS (XP SP2), but by happenstance this morning, I checked the processes tab in AVG Anti-spyware and noticed lssas.exe.
I ran a quick Google search and saw lots of references to this as a serious trojan. I ran all of my spyware apps (AVG Anti-spyware, Spybot S&D, Spyware Terminator, Ad-Aware), and none of them register it as a problem. (I'm not sure whether or not I'm naive to rely on free apps, but I've always been careful and had thus far been successful in avoiding trojans.)
I went back to the AVG A-S and tried to terminate the process. I then got a message that windows\system32\lssas.exe was unexpectedly terminated with status 0, and got a countdown to a reboot.
Okay, now I'm scared. Is this a legit process that scare-marketing has misled me on, or is this a serious infection? Any insights or advice?
I ran a quick Google search and saw lots of references to this as a serious trojan. I ran all of my spyware apps (AVG Anti-spyware, Spybot S&D, Spyware Terminator, Ad-Aware), and none of them register it as a problem. (I'm not sure whether or not I'm naive to rely on free apps, but I've always been careful and had thus far been successful in avoiding trojans.)
I went back to the AVG A-S and tried to terminate the process. I then got a message that windows\system32\lssas.exe was unexpectedly terminated with status 0, and got a countdown to a reboot.
Okay, now I'm scared. Is this a legit process that scare-marketing has misled me on, or is this a serious infection? Any insights or advice?