Re: SERVICES.EXE

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 04/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 05:19:56 -0500

Bobby,
Sounds like you have resolved the problem ....
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
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<Bobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17ef201c4191b$8d442000$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Bobby,
> >Those seem like legit locations ..... however ...
> >When you say it want to connect to the Internet, where is
> it
> >(IP address) trying to connect to?
>
> I don't remember the exact IP address (it was in the
> firewall alert text) but I checked on
> http://www.arin.net/whois/index.html regarding where it is
> coming from, and it appears to be from the "company" that
> provides internet for me.
>
> Also, the SERVICES.exe in question that requires internet
> connection is the one found in WINNT\system32, if that
> information helps.
>
> I also noticed that when I clicked "no" to deny it access,
> I couldn't access the internet anymore. Only when another
> firewall alert popped up asking me what to do with
> SERVICES.EXE and me clicking "yes" did I get internet back.
>
> Plus, I checked "services.exe" on a website and it tells
> me it's an "application that is used only in Windows NT 4,
> 2000, and XP for starting, stopping, and interacting with
> system services." The "bad" services.exe I'm  thinking of
> is "service.exe" (no S at the end), which is malware that
> is a "result of the Worm.Win32.Raleka virus."
>
> I think I have nothing to be worried about, but just
> wanted to make sure. Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Bobby

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