Obviously, you've never tried to write a business proposal on an abacus. :mrgreen:
1. I was about to give you a short description of what the
lexpps.exe is and does, but I found this wonderful summary over at
AnswersThatWork and just
had to pass it along instead:
Lexmark Printer Port Scanner. Background task which auto-loads with the rest of the printer drivers and which allows your Lexmark X or Z Series to be shared over a Windows peer-to-peer network using the conventional method of setting up a shared networked printer (without it, you will not be able to share the printer using the conventional Windows method).
Recommendation :
This task is a comprehensive nightmare. From preventing your PC from booting up, to interfering with your network card, to asking your Internet firewall for permission to install itself as a server application, to general PC instability, this task has everything to make you instantly return your Lexmark X or Z Series printer and go for something else, and some users have done so !! In order to regain your sanity the first thing to do is to rename LEXPPS.EXE to LEXPPS.EXE.OLD (do it in Safe Mode if you cannot boot your PC normally) – this will ensure that this task never loads and will cure all the problems that it causes. If you need to network the printer over a peer to peer network, do not use the standard manner, instead install the printer as a local printer on the remote PC, and then go and change the port from a local port to the network share that the printer is known as.
2. Here's a good description of Norton's "Bloodhound" component (found on another antivirus company's FAQ site):
Bloodhound is a generic name used by Norton Anti-Virus that it might have found an unknown virus. Sometimes this is a false alarm, sometimes a real alarm on a virus unknown to NAV.
If a full system scan with Norton (with the most current virus definitions installed) doesn't turn up a real virus, chances are good that the Bloodhound alert is a false positive. If you would like more peace of mind, I'd suggest running one or more of the free online antivirus scans listed at the beginning of
this post.
3. The info you posted about the computer doesn't help much; "Maxtor" is the brand of hard drive, and I've never heard of a brand/model of PC called a "Runner".
I'll have to finish up on this part tomorrow, as I don't have a definitive answer yet, and it's after midnight in my end of the world- time to log off.
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