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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: boxboy28 on March 04, 2005, 10:07:16 AM

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: boxboy28 on March 04, 2005, 10:07:16 AM

when i go to look at services runing in the back ground i see some that dont look like they should be there.
Is there any web site that list bad things running or a way to search to see what software or hardware is making these services run?

1st odd looking one i see:

_wowexe.exe    the "_" is just a blank its moved over unlike the rest of em.  and it doesnt say what % its using

2nd is

InfoMyca.exe   - dont know what it is...

3rd and 4th run at random times if i notice a slow down and look to see whats runing these 2 pop in and out up and down the list like rever 2-3 seconds.

Wl.exe
and
cmd.exe

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: Skuzzy on March 04, 2005, 10:24:58 AM

Those first two are spyware/malware programs.  Seeing 'cmd.exe' fire off periodically is a DOS application running, probably in association with the spyware programs to replicate through your system to make it more difficult to remove them.

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: boxboy28 on March 04, 2005, 03:06:04 PM

any ideas how to nix em?

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: Shane on March 04, 2005, 03:24:53 PM

do a google on ad-aware and spybot.

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: SNO on March 04, 2005, 04:26:39 PM

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

This link tells what all those services do

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: wombatt on March 04, 2005, 05:05:46 PM

Check a website from a guy called black viper.

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: boxboy28 on March 04, 2005, 05:44:05 PM

I have Adaware and spy-bot (all updated) and scan and find nothing.

Im at a loss as to what these are and how to kill em!

Skuzzy says spy ware malware but what do i do about killing it?

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on March 04, 2005, 07:29:45 PM

http://www.webroot.com/land/spysweeper_030619.php?rc=564

Title: running serices bad ones?
Post by: Shane on March 04, 2005, 07:55:11 PM

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6121-0.html?forumID=45&threadID=63009&messageID=748483

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/wowexec/

http://www.coordinated.co.za/discussions/viewtopic.php?t=101

http://www.2-spyware.com/file-wowexec-exe.html