Process wont quit even after forced quit.

so lately my MPB has been running really hot and according to istat my cpu a is running normally 140-170F. i decided to look at my activity monitor and found a process running called "asterisk" that was running 99% of my CPU. tried to use force quit and it just popped back up. i used spotlight to search for it and a folder came up. i didnt want to delete it or anything incase it was being used for something. but i dont know what it is linked to or how it got onto my computer.
should i delete it or what? i just wanted to get some opinions before i messed up my MBP

bradchand wrote:
I have a new MacBookPro OSX 10.7.2 from the first day the laptop will wakeup from hibernation or sleep after the battery dies.
I try to let the battery cycle fully before plugging in and reguaarly the laptop shutsdown when the battery is low.
When i try to turn it back on it starts the wake up process with indicator bars showing progress, then it stops at about three bars and just beeps indefinatly until i power off the machine when i turn it back on it comes up but ive lost everything i was working on!
very frustrating, why wont it properly wake up after a low battery hibernation??!????
Well the question is when this happened the first time and you lost everything you were working on why did you let it happen the second time or the third or forth and not plug the computer in.
It may be frustrating but there is only one person to blame and that is you. Not Apple and not the computer. As YOU knew exactly what was going to happen but you let it happen anyway.
The true definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different outcome.

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