Re: mshta.exe trying to get out to 127.0.0.1, virus or spyware or OK?

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:01:40 -0800

N. Miller wrote:

> In article <uqTEd.3828$KJ2.1286@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, J
> Antero says...
>
>> Hi all,
>> Every few days my firewall flags "mshta.exe" trying to get out to
>> address "127.0.0.1".
>
>> Apparently "mshta.exe" is a valid file but that doesn't mean it
>> couldn't have been corrupted.
>> Does anybody know what's going on? A lot of other people have
>> apparently
>> been experiencing this too.
>
> Ah, I see your computer likes to talk to itself. So does mine.
>
There have been a few posts similar to this over the last week or so.
Whenever that happens, there's usually some malware behind it. What
does a scan with a current version (not earlier than 2003) antivirus
show? Make sure the definitions are updated and do the scan in Safe
Mode.

Malke 

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