Do I have a virus?

[C.O.Jones]

Looking at Taskmanager I keep seeing I have a process service.exe
running. This process is listed as a security risk here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/service/

However, I have run numerous virus checkers (AVG and
various tools to check for specific viruses) and they find no
problem.

Any ideas what's happening here?


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[ceedee]

possibly yes
service.exe is not normal
services.exe is normal for xp

ceedee

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
Looking at Taskmanager I keep seeing I have a process service.exe
running. This process is listed as a security risk here:
brary/service/

However, I have run numerous virus checkers (AVG and
various tools to check for specific viruses) and they find no
problem.

Any ideas what's happening here?


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| ________________________ email to
| | |______________________() peter_morris_1 at
| |/_______________________ blueyonder dot co dot uk
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Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 only. This is the Services
Control Manager which is responsible for starting,
stopping, and interacting with system services. It's
full path as shown in The Ultimate Troubleshooter is
either C:\WINNT\System32\Services.exe in Windows
NT4/2000, or C:\Windows\System32\Services.exe in
Windows XP/2003.

Recommendation :
An integral part of the operating system, leave alone.

Services (2)
Services.exe

(???)
If you have Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 and the full path
to this program is C:\WinNT\Services.exe or
C:\Windows\Services.exe, then you most probably have
the W32.Netsky@mm virus. If you have Windows
95/98/ME and this task is running in the background, then
you most probably have that virus too.

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

It is NOT normal. He said service.exe - not services.exe.

Got to read carefully. I have made the same mistake in the past. You don't
know if the O/P just mis-spelled something or if it is malware with a
"similar" file name. That is how so many of them get overlooked by people.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Looking at Taskmanager I keep seeing I have a process service.exe
running. This process is listed as a security risk here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/service/
However, I have run numerous virus checkers (AVG and
various tools to check for specific viruses) and they find no
problem.

If you talk about SERVICES.EXE, this belongs to Windows and it does
not indicate a problem that this EXE runs in the backgrouns.

 

[Plato]

Looking at Taskmanager I keep seeing I have a process service.exe
running. This process is listed as a security risk here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/service/

However, I have run numerous virus checkers (AVG and
various tools to check for specific viruses) and they find no
problem.

Many people have a false sense of security when running their anti-virus
24/7. So they feel safe in downloading unknown files and feel safe
clicking on them. Thing is, many new nasties are designed to disable
your anti-virus before it has a chance to find it / kill it.

In other words, you're infected. Next time practice prevention rather
than crossing your fingers and hoping for the best.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Many people have a false sense of security when running their
anti-virus 24/7. So they feel safe in downloading unknown files and
feel safe clicking on them. Thing is, many new nasties are designed
to disable your anti-virus before it has a chance to find it / kill
it.

Not only that, but regardless of how diligent you are at keeping
up with the latest virus definitions, there's always a period of
time between the introduction of a new virus and the time the
virus definitions are updated to catch it. During that time,
there are people who get infected, and one of those people can be
you.

Even the best anti-virus software can only reduce the risk
substantially; it can never eliminate it completely.

 

[Peter Morris]

It is NOT normal. He said service.exe - not services.exe.

Got to read carefully. I have made the same mistake in the past. You don't
know if the O/P just mis-spelled something or if it is malware with a
"similar" file name. That is how so many of them get overlooked by people.

correct, the dubious process is service.exe, not services.exe. Actually,
I'm running both, but services.exe is listed as normal.

I've run a tool to check for Netsky, as suggested. It fails to find any.
any other suggestions what it might be?


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[Alex Nichol]

Many people have a false sense of security when running their anti-virus
24/7. So they feel safe in downloading unknown files and feel safe
clicking on them. Thing is, many new nasties are designed to disable
your anti-virus before it has a chance to find it / kill it.

Also a lot of things that are 'spyware' are not strictly viruses, so the
AV do not pick them up. You also need an 'anti-parasite' tool. Look at
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
and the free tools suggested there

 

[Plato]

Also a lot of things that are 'spyware' are not strictly viruses, so the
AV do not pick them up. You also need an 'anti-parasite' tool. Look at
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
and the free tools suggested there

Agreed. These days spyware seems more of a common problem than
viruses/trojans.