Re: XFR Process ???

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 11/20/03 

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:56:40 -0700

Sounds like spyware or some sort of trojan. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
"_m_" wrote:
> Anyone know or have an idea of what the XFR.exe process is or where it
comes
> from ?  It seems to be tieing up a lot of CPU, memory and network
resources.
> Is this process a normal process ?  I have killed it multiple times
(speeds
> up the servers drastically) but doesn't seem to harm them in any way.
> Anyone have this process on their servers ?  I can not locate any
reference
> to it in the registry.  The only reference I have found to it on Microsoft
> was in regards to dns zone transfers, but my dns server are set not to
> transfer zones.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> TIA
>
>

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