SSWitch process seen in Activity Monitor

First time I've ever NOT been able to find an answer by Googling....  Does anyone know what SSWitch is?  I see it in Activity Monitor and sometimes it takes up over 90% of my CPU and everything slows way down or freezes, and I need to restart my computer. It happens fairly often. I have a Mac Mini, running 10.6.8 and I have 24 GB free of 135 GB. 
I've quit the SSwitch process a few times and it makes this horrible sound and then all the last things I've typed scan by in the Activity Monitor Search field.  Weird, right?  I don't understand.......

Hello, I'm not on Intel or 10.6 at the moment to see if it's a normal proccess.
I'd search for Name contains... with Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
Hold Option key down when clicking on Find to Find All in admin mode.

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    http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/
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