<Bill.Canfield******.com> wrote

> My computer has been freezing a lot lately. At first I thought it my
> cordless
> Logitech mouse that I just got, so I uninstalled the drivers and
> restarted the computer. The problem persists; probably not the mouse
> drivers after all.
>
> So I tried to track it down by using the event viewer.
>
> In the even viewer, under system, I noticed a reoccurring error listed
> every time my computer froze. I thought to myself that this has to be
> the culprit... the only problem is that I have absolutely no idea what
> the description means.
>
> The information is as follows:
>
> Date: 1/19/2007 Source: Service Control Manager
> Time: 10:41:36 PM Category: None
> Type: Error Event ID: 7000
> User: N/A
> Computer: blah,blah,blah
>
> Description:
>
> The Active Common Service service failed to start due to the following
> error:
> The system cannot find the file specified.

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> The problem is I don't know what "The Active Common Service service"
> (yes, it really does say "service" twice) is. Can anybody out there
> shine some light on this problem?

Seems to be associated with malware. See this Google search.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...mon+Service%22

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]