RPSCC.EXE

Everytime my computer loads, this service loads and tries to connect to the internet. My firewall shows two instances running, one connecting to a port number, and the other to DCOM. They don't send or recieve, just sit there and listen.

I've done the google thing, and found that it's supposed to have something to do with Visual Studio, which I do have installed. However, it seems to serve no actual purpose, and is accused of security issues as well as causing instability. There were also another several articles that accused it of being a M$ trojan that reports back to them.

Long story short, I want it gone. In comes the problem I'm posting about. I can't get rid of the damn thing. I can locate the file in Windows>System. Attempting to simply delete it results in the "This program is in use" message. However, I've been unable to find any way to shut it down. Taskmanager doesn't show it's running. Msconfig doesn't show an entry for it. My firewall (Outpost) offers the option to break the connection. Great idea, except that it doesn't work. It's on the list of blocked services, but runs anyway. Tried renaming it, and that doesn't work either.

I'm running Windows ME.

Does anyone have -any- ideas here?

-Keisha