Re: services.exe nee fscan

From: Robert Moir (bofh@mvps.org)
Date: 12/19/02 

From: "Robert Moir" <bofh@mvps.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:10:45 -0000

George Hester wrote:
> I have a file in C:\WINNT\system32\drivers it is called services.exe
> and it looks like it is being called at boot. I will investigate
> this further. I have broken down and installed a personal fireall
> and I see this was trying to connect. It was the first thing I
> noticed. Anyway I should get rid of this? What does it do other
> than scan ports?

c:\winnt\system32\drivers?

The services.exe in c:\winnt\system32 is very important for running system
services, would indeed be called at boot, and cause a lot of errors if
blocked. I can't imagine what this file would be doing in the \drivers
folder however.

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