after typing the above reply, i remembered a program i used to do in the past that lists out all running stuffs on one's own computer to a TXT file.
by god, i duckduckgoed like nuts. when that failed, i resorted to almighty all seeing eye Google, that failed, i briefly considered opening a thread at ASUS' general discussion subsection to seek help remembering that program's name.
then as if by voodoo magic, i tried google image search and changing my search strings a bit. i found the picture that i had seen for years! it's the freaking
Hijackthis.
this is an old school way of troubleshooting for problems (and probably very outdated too), but this is the method i used in the past.
if anyone has better idea(s), please feel free to add. i'd like to learn your tricks too.
what i'm unsure:
- if hijackthis would scan well on Windows 10.
- but if you don't mind possibly outdated program, please do run it and save a logfile and analyze each entry. i can help you with it too (i'm also taking this chance to freshen up my memory cells).
- i'm not sure if this works. it's just the first thing that came to my mind.
no siggy, saw stuff that made me sad.
