Re: Nosey Windows Programs
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Originally posted by Terr
Anyone else had stuff like this? Sometimes I get an alert that some windows utility or program is trying to send something through TCP/IP, and it just doesn't make any sense for the program to do so. For instance...
Outgoing ICMP type 8 (ping) from xxx.xxx.xxx.90 to xxx.xxx.xxx.91 (my computer is xxx.xxx.xxx.90)... but guess what program! Disk Defragmenter! (c:\windows\defrag.exe). Now why would microsoft make a disk defragmentation program that pings the next address after your own?
Anyone else have examples to post? I had a few other weird ones, but I don't think I kept the particulars.
Well weird, have you scanned the file for virii? (no offence) but it could be a malicious program thats replaced disk defrag. alternatively it could be checking your network neighbourhood?/network places, was the other ip local?