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can't delete process in Win 7

I picked up a few exe files while downloading; anti-virus missed them but Windows quarantined them

They show up in Task Mgr as active processes; see attached

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you can try delete them by using 3rd party tool such as process explorer.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

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However the one you highlighted in the screenshot looks like a system process, by end this processes may harm your operating system
Winlogon.exe and Csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Process) are critical Windows system files without which Windows will not work.

The Nvvsvc.exe is the Nvidia Driver Helper Service installed together with your video file drivers. It is not critical or required, but usually certainly no virus.

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torimar:
maybe, but when I click on the process, I can't "Open File Location" or view "Properties" . . . which I can do on all other processes
Try this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

It should give you an idea of where the processes are started from. If this really is malware, then the file locations should not be the \windows, \windows\system32 folders or similar, but either a temporary folder, or an application folder in the c:\users\<username>\appdata or similar.
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very difficult to diagnose without having the pc in front of you; so best job
Glad youre fixed.....