computer help please / possible virus?

[stoxtrader]

first time ever tonight my very good computer started slowing down, something is eating up memory.

these programs seem to use the most CPU and mem when i got to task mgr:

ntdvm.exe
pcmservice.exe

both I have no idea why they are running, the first seems related to DOS programs or seomthing and the second to my music/sound software (why the heck it continues to eat memore after i stop playing music and sometimes even after I reboot is beyond me).

any suggestions would be hugely appreciated. tx!

[Freakin]

Try downloading microsoft anti-spyware to see if either of those are spyware.

If that doesn't work, go to start-->run and type "msconfig"

Click on the startup tab, and disable anything that you do not explicitly know that you use (like antivirus, stuff like that).

Freakin

[Cubswin]

link

and did you mistype and mean "ntvdm.exe"... if so link

[flub]

Type those filenames into google and see what comes up. One at a time of course.

-f

[stoxtrader]

thanks guys.