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| 361569 | 2005-06-06 02:26:00 | Hi, I am using windows xp. Recently I have opened 'windows task manager' and have found some programs running which I don't think should be running. They are: ZMUXCP.EXE and CALC.EXE . Are they trojans/viruses or something harmful to my computer? Is there a way to remove them if so? Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou, Michael |
Michael8 (7034) | ||
| 361570 | 2005-06-06 02:32:00 | for calc.exe .. securityresponse.symantec.com securityresponse.symantec.com what antivirus and firewall are you useing ? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 361571 | 2005-06-06 02:47:00 | Thanks for your reply. I'm using zonealarm firewall and avg anti-virus. Michael |
Michael8 (7034) | ||
| 361572 | 2005-06-06 03:02:00 | is the AVG upto date? also check whats been let through the firewall. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 361573 | 2005-06-06 03:23:00 | Yes, the AVG is up-to-date. You also asked 'what programs have been let through' - do you mean right now or in the past. How do you find out? Michael |
Michael8 (7034) | ||
| 361574 | 2005-06-06 03:51:00 | You also asked 'what programs have been let through' - do you mean right now or in the past . How do you find out? Both . What programs have been allowed access to the internet in ZoneAlarm? I don't currently have ZA installed but go through all the tabs until you find a list of programs . They will have something like "Allow", "Ask" and "Deny" (or similar) alongside them . Check out the ones that have "Allow" alongside them and if any are in that list on Norton's that tweak'e linked to then set them to "Deny" . Better still, set the whole lot to "Ask" and watch which ones want access until you are satisfied they are legitimate then you can allow them . I would also suggest learning how to drive ZoneAlarm so that you are more familiar with how it works . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 361575 | 2005-06-06 05:07:00 | ...CALC.EXE... Calc.exe could be Windows Calculator that you might be running... Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 361576 | 2005-06-06 05:26:00 | Hi go START-RUN-MSCONFIG, then Startup Tab and see what's loading up when you start Windows. You'll see the path of all the executables, and can select which ones you want to run on startup. Good luck |
sigmeister (8223) | ||
| 361577 | 2005-06-06 05:27:00 | The only programs that tries to access the internet is 'Generic Host Process for Win32 Services' - there are 3 of these accessing the internet. Should I deny this program access to the internet? I think that this program is required to be let through the firewall to be able to surf the net. Thankyou, Michael |
Michael8 (7034) | ||
| 361578 | 2005-06-06 05:32:00 | The only programs that tries to access the internet is 'Generic Host Process for Win32 Services' - there are 3 of these accessing the internet. Should I deny this program access to the internet? I think that this program is required to be let through the firewall to be able to surf the net. Thankyou, Michael you need to let it access the net. in ZA it should have tick,tick,tick,red cross. internet server should have a red cross in it. edit: have you run the usual spyware cleaning progs? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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