Slasher,
You can check it out as follows (I'm assuming Win 9x):
Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL once. Just once NB! Your machine will pop up a list of running programs. Look over the list and then close it. Now run you offending software and close it down. Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL again. Check out the list now. If there are extra bits and pieces on it then you've new processes running (and they'll use up memory etc.)
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The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.