- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It's generally safe to attempt to close any processes from the windows taskmanager, as if windows is fully updated most of the ones essential to the system will be protected from being terminated (something like error:this is a protected system process) or possibly very good spyware. The worst that ever happened to me is an unexpected shutdown.
If you have some free time or are paranoid, google all the processes, you may find that quite a few may be spyware/adware that viruscheckers havn't found yet. Also, try setting background stuff that has internet connection (like any messengers, even if you''re offline) to not start up immediately.