Re: What The H*** is This?


"David Smith" <foo@localhost> wrote in message news:f8qpe0028da@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Folks,

Win XP Pro sp2 fully patched, Linksys WRT54G router hardwired, Speedstream
5260 modem, Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop, 2GB ram(cpu/hd heat issues under
control with SpeedswitchXP and Precision fan control and a can of Dustoff
;>) )

About once per month the laptop goes crazy -seems like someone else takes
over, start menu flies open, windows open, I close them they open again,
ticking noise from the speakers. I pull the power cord to shut it down and
reboot and everything is fine -till the next time.

I have scoured the internet with the symptoms but found no solution, just
one other person describing the same symptoms but no solution. Virus scan,
Spybot -turn up nothing.

How can I track this down -any monitoring software to do it?


You can use Process Exploerer and other tools being mentioned in the link.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/klw1
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

And then after you find it because it circumvented and defeated all your detection tools, then you'll want to do what's in the link below, because no telling what else is on the machine you don't know about.

As a matter of fact, you just might want to proceed directly to the last link, and get it over with and move on.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

You should try to harden the O/S to attack as much as possible.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm

practice safe hex

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

.

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