Lots of accesses to etc\services

[David Peters]

XP Pro/SP2. Standalone PC attached to Net via cable modem.

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Utilities show that my firewall incessantly accessing the Services
file even when there is no network user traffic.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services

There are perhaps a dozen queries a second at time when I am not
access anything on the Net.

Is this correct?

 

[Guest]

XP Pro/SP2. Standalone PC attached to Net via cable modem.

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Utilities show that my firewall incessantly accessing the Services
file even when there is no network user traffic.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services

There are perhaps a dozen queries a second at time when I am not
access anything on the Net.

Is this correct?

yes i believe it is correct, there are a whole host of windows services
running in the background as well as programmes on your system that require
constant contact with the internet. some may only access daily or weekly, but
many are every few minutes...your email for example, i bet if you check your
settings it is looking every 10 minutes or so for new mail.

 

[David Peters]

yes i believe it is correct, there are a whole host of windows
services running in the background as well as programmes on your
system that require constant contact with the internet. some may
only access daily or weekly, but many are every few
minutes...your email for example, i bet if you check your
settings it is looking every 10 minutes or so for new mail.

But looking every 10 minutes is way differet from a dozen times a
second!

 

[Malke]

But looking every 10 minutes is way differet from a dozen times a
second!

What is the virus/malware status of the machine? If you think it is
clean, what programs (and versions) have you used to determine this? Be
sure your computer is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke

 

[David Peters]

What is the virus/malware status of the machine? If you think it
is clean, what programs (and versions) have you used to
determine this? Be sure your computer is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

The status is good.

I use two or three online virus scanners and I vary which ones I use.
I use MBSA and I use a spyware detector too.

 

[Malke]

The status is good.

I use two or three online virus scanners and I vary which ones I use.
I use MBSA and I use a spyware detector too.

Then look in Event Viewer for clues, run Task Manager and watch it, do
clean-boot troubleshooting to see what is running. Could be printer
software, updaters, indexing.

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke