Packet sniffing and virus help

From: bryon lejeune (BLEJEUNE@neo.rr.com)
Date: 01/25/02 

From: "bryon lejeune" <BLEJEUNE@neo.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:43:02 GMT

Recently when I start my computer a program called dw.exe, and explorer.exe
(not the shell)
try to connect to the internet, but because I have zone alarm, they are
blocked each time. I have Norton Anti-Virus and it doesn't show any viruses
present on my computer. When zone alarm pops up with an alert it say "Do
you want to allow mIRC to act as a server?" and the filename listed below
is explorer.exe, when I click no it will pop up asking for access to the
internet for mIRC, with the same filename. In the folder where explorer.exe
is there are some mIRC scripts i believe, and a file called dead.ini.
plorer.exe is in the folder "C:\windows\system32\fonts\" Under ms-config
under startup it has the path for explorer.exe and a "-service" behind it.
What does that mean? It also say -service behind True Vector and Minilog
which are ZA components that startup with the comp. I was wondering where
I could find a good packet sniffer that will work with my cable modem, where
I could view what information of mine was being sent out, so I know what
account passwords I may have to change and etc. I've tried a couple packet
sniffers but never have been able to seem to get them to work, at least to
be able to actually view the data. I would also like to find out what
dw.exe has been trying to send out every time my computer restarts. When

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