Vlk,

I mean “launched” as a running process.
the following is copied from Task Info:

[Process Pane]

|Process| |% CPU| |LT % CPU| |Time| |Sw/s| |InMem KB| |Total KB| |Th||Pri| |Ver| |State| |Path|

  • Idle 89.88% 76.18% 50:16 80 0 0 1 Very Idle 4.0 Idle
  • KERNEL32.DLL 0.33% 0.44% 0:14 18 32 44 3 High 4.3 32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
  • MSGSRV32.EXE 0.04% 0.03% 0:13 1 168 220 1 Norm 4.0 16 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
  • MPREXE.EXE 0 336 556 1 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
  • mmtask.tsk 0.04% 0 92 120 1 Norm 4.0 16 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
  • ASHSERV.EXE 0.12% 1.43% 0:12 21 8,696 21,592 24 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE
  • EXPLORER.EXE 0.31% 1.69% 0:11 13 7,204 16,964 14 Norm 4.0 32 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
  • TASKMON.EXE 0 132 232 1 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
  • SYSTRAY.EXE 0.01% 0 1,020 3,700 2 Norm 4.0 32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
  • RPCSS.EXE 1 1,144 2,524 4 Norm 4.0 32 Con Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE
  • SPEEDKEY.EXE 0.04% 0 1,620 6,400 1 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT HARDWARE\KEYBOARD\SPEEDKEY.EXE
  • POINT32.EXE 0 924 2,896 1 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT HARDWARE\MOUSE\POINT32.EXE
  • HF.EXE 0.04% 0.02% 0:01 3 1,988 5,356 1 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\PROGRAM FILES\HIDEFOLDERS\HF.EXE
  • STIMON.EXE 0.09% 0.68% 0:07 14 2,996 19,428 4 Norm 4.0 32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
  • FPDISP4A.EXE 0.04% 0.01% 0 1,492 4,964 2 Norm 4.0 32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\FPDISP4A.EXE
  • ASHMAISV.EXE 0.17% 0.10% 0:09 6 4,728 15,396 6 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHMAISV.EXE
  • TTMAN.EXE 0.63% 0 2,588 6,356 1 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\HACE\TASKBAR EXECUTIVE\TTMAN.EXE
  • WINEJECT.EXE 0 644 2,452 1 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINEJECT\WINEJECT.EXE
  • INVISIBLE.EXE 0.04% 0.01% 0 1,384 4,528 2 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MINDBEAT\INVISIBLE! 2001\INVISIBLE.EXE
  • WMIEXE.EXE 0.04% 0 428 812 3 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
  • CIDIAL.EXE 2 1,880 6,536 1 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\CIDIAL-MANUALLY INSTALLED\CIDIAL.EXE
  • RNAAPP.EXE 0.65% 0:02 4 1,980 6,932 3 Norm 4.0 32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE
  • TAPISRV.EXE 0.04% 0.01% 0:03 0 1,036 1,948 6 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE
  • SPOOL32.EXE 0 972 3,684 2 Norm 4.0 32 Sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE
  • MOZILLAFIREBIRD.EXE 5.90% 6.81% 6:09 69 32,744 41,472 9 Norm 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MOZILLA FIREBIRD\MOZILLAFIREBIRD\MOZILLAFIREBIRD.EXE
  • TASKINFO.EXE 0.56% 6.43% 0:01 26 2,320 6,696 1 High 4.0 32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\IARSN\TASKINFO2000 3.0\TASKINFO.EXE
  • VxD NTKERN 0 0 0 6 Norm 4.3 VxD NTKERN

[Current Process Pane]

CMD =RPCSS
Curr Dir =C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4
Started by =C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE
Data KB =1,232 in mem = 628 in use = 504
Code KB =1,292 in mem = 516 in use = 444
Handles Count =30
Windows = 2

You can see RPCSS.exe is a running process -#10 in the list, and at the bottom (under “current process pane”) you can see that it was “started by” Avast.

Surely this means that Avast is “launching/loading” RPCSS.exe as a process?

Cheers,

PcB