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Title: Backround Dialers
Post by: mbailey on September 26, 2008, 09:46:43 AM

Does anyone know what the run command is to check what programs may be dialing in the backround. ie Open ICP/TCP ports. I run on Windows XP Home

I know that there are programs available, but i would like to accomplish this without downloading something.

2nd question, when and if i do find ports open, how do i identify that its something i want to shut down and how do i do it.

As you can tell im not computer savy. edit : i hope this is the right forum to post this, if not my appologies

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: Skuzzy on September 26, 2008, 10:19:34 AM

Go to Start->Run and enter "command".

At the prompt type "netstat -an" and press <ENTER>

"netstat -a" will give you a general idea of what specific service is running on those ports   From that you might be able to figure out what software is running on that port.

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: 715 on September 26, 2008, 10:21:01 AM

Open a command line box and type netstat -a.  It's not easy to understand the results though.

edit: oops.. I should probably pay attention to that red line that says another post has come in shouldn't I  ;)

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: ImADot on September 26, 2008, 10:22:12 AM

You can try ShieldsUp to check for open ports.  It's a web-based app from GRC.  Along with this app, the site offers lots of very good info and other tools related to Internet security and other stuff.
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 (https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2)

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: mbailey on September 26, 2008, 09:10:10 PM

Ok i ran the netstat -an, now how do i remove the ones i found, there was approximatly 10 ports that showed up

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: Auger on September 29, 2008, 01:02:00 AM

And what ports would those be?

If you run 'netstat -abn' from a command prompt it will tell you what executables and DLLs are associated with the open ports.  Anything listing svchost.exe or System is going to be tough to get rid of unless you know what you are doing.

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: Denholm on September 29, 2008, 10:15:37 AM

Perhaps an Anti-Spyware or Anti-Virus program can remove these files?

Try the following two Anti-Spyware scanners, they're free and very effective:

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10861988

For a free (and effective) anti-virus scan visit:

http://safety.live.com

You have to use Internet Explorer to launch the scan, though.

Title: Re: Backround Dialers
Post by: mbailey on October 01, 2008, 03:29:11 PM

Will do, thanks everyone for your responses. Ill give your suggestions a whirl
 :salute