Re: Possible Trojan

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 10/09/03 

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:31:07 -0400

Agreed. Additionally, antivirus with the latest updates and/or
http://housecall.antivirus.com would be helpful. www.grisoft.com is free
antivirus. A firewall would also help. www.kerio.com and www.sygate.com
are two free firewalls. Here are some other things that might help track
down intrusions on your system:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#hacked
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#re-secure
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden

"JasonW" <no@no.com> wrote in message
news:oY_gb.68303$%h1.46986@sccrnsc02...
> Get a free program called Fport from Foundstone:
> http://www.foundstone.com/ (Resources, Free Tools)
> It will list the same info as netstat, but also the path to the program
> using that port.
>
> -JasonW
>
> "Vasko" <vvelev@netzero.net> wrote in message
> news:0bef01c38dcf$e9d198c0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > When I run netstat.exe I see an established connection
> > with certain IP adress. I suspect that it is being created
> > by a Trojan. Unfortunatel so far I have been unable to
> > locate the process / program creating that connection. I
> > run Win2000 with all Service Packs and Hot Fixes
> > installed. Can you please help me locate the problem or at
> > least terminating the connection to that IP Adress.
> >
> > Vassil Velev
>
>

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