com surrogate

Tracy04

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Oct 29, 2014
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My Norton keeps popping up with a message of heavy usage warning of com surrogate. I look in the task manager and I see like 10 dllhost.ext 32 com surrogate using all my memory which is causing lag. I am able to end process but they reopen. I installed malewarebytes and it found like 60 files and deleted them but I still have this issue. Norton didn't find anything. I do remember Norton finding and blocking a file and soon after I'm sure this problem started. I know enough to be dangerous please be kind. Thank you for any help you have to offer. my typing sucks since this things is being so bad. sorry.
 

Exterminator

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If you think you are infected please post your problem here http://malwaretips.com/forums/malware-removal-assistance.10/
I think once you are back up and running normally we could give you a few suggestions on beefing up your config
one of the most important things is a backup solution but wait on that until you are 100% sure your PC is clean
 

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I would just like to say Hello, and welcome to our community. That, and also second exterminator20's good directions.:)
Good luck getting to the bottom of your problem, the honorable malware removing experts here shall guide you well!;)
 
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