telephony service spyware?

[sam]

I have a suspected infection. The telephony service
is 'started' I don't use voice over IP or any thing else
except modem ISP connection. i suspect a sptware worm has
started
it. am i wrong to think this? is there any other
explanation? will it harm anything to stop this service
or disable it, as I don't plan to use it?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Sam;
TapiSrv = Telephony
[Provides Telephony API (TAPI) support for programs that control telephony
devices and IP based voice connections on the local computer and, through
the LAN, on servers that are also running the service.]
[Note: you may require this service for some direct cable or DSL providers,
depending on how they implement their logon process or some AOL functionality,
depending on software used.]

If you are using XP's firewall (ICF) or Remote Connection Manager, Telephony
needs to run.

 

[sam]

thanks for the info about the telephony service. I'm not
using anything remotely similar to IP voice
communications, but I fear that spyware is using it to
intrude. When I tried to stop it I got "error 1053
service did not respond in a timely manner. " feedback?
t

-----Original Message-----
Sam;
TapiSrv = Telephony
[Provides Telephony API (TAPI) support for programs that control telephony
devices and IP based voice connections on the local computer and, through
the LAN, on servers that are also running the service.]
[Note: you may require this service for some direct cable or DSL providers,
depending on how they implement their logon process or some AOL functionality,
depending on software used.]

If you are using XP's firewall (ICF) or Remote Connection Manager, Telephony
needs to run.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I have a suspected infection. The telephony service
is 'started' I don't use voice over IP or any thing else
except modem ISP connection. i suspect a sptware worm has
started
it. am i wrong to think this? is there any other
explanation? will it harm anything to stop this service
or disable it, as I don't plan to use it?

.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Sam;
I would suggest downloading, installing, updating and running all of these.
Make sure you get the updates. Also make sure that your Anti Virus
software is up to date.

1) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
2) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
3) SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
4) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

thanks for the info about the telephony service. I'm not
using anything remotely similar to IP voice
communications, but I fear that spyware is using it to
intrude. When I tried to stop it I got "error 1053
service did not respond in a timely manner. " feedback?
t

-----Original Message-----
Sam;
TapiSrv = Telephony
[Provides Telephony API (TAPI) support for programs that control telephony
devices and IP based voice connections on the local computer and, through
the LAN, on servers that are also running the service.]
[Note: you may require this service for some direct cable or DSL providers,
depending on how they implement their logon process or some AOL
functionality, depending on software used.]

If you are using XP's firewall (ICF) or Remote Connection Manager,
Telephony needs to run.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I have a suspected infection. The telephony service
is 'started' I don't use voice over IP or any thing else
except modem ISP connection. i suspect a sptware worm has
started
it. am i wrong to think this? is there any other
explanation? will it harm anything to stop this service
or disable it, as I don't plan to use it?

.