Re: virus using port 6667

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/05/04


Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:05:45 -0500

rkusenet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I bought a refurbished Win2K for my home. It had lot of viruses. I
> used Norton utilities to remove all of them except one.
>
> Norton does not report any more viruses. However if I do netstat -a
> I see a connection on port 6667 to an unknown site (some
> mediabiz.rr.com).
>
> How do I go about finding which exe is the trojan.
>
> TIA.

Could be adware....but my advice is, if you have a new (for you) computer
with stuff on it already, reformat/reinstall Windows so you know it's clean
and has only what you want on it. I'm presuming you have your installation
media & licenses for the OS and all applications....



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