I am running Windows XP Pro, and for the past few days, I have had a strange version of services.exe running at startup. It looks to me like some sort of threat, and I cannot disable it. Here is what I've found so far:
1. The file is located in the C:\Windows folder, not the C:\Windows\System32 folder where the legitimate Microsoft version of services.exe is located.
2. It is marked as a system file.
3. Norton A/V full system scan run twice and no viruses were discovered. Virus definitions are current.
4. Full system scan ran with both Spybot and Ad-Aware , no adware/spyware/malware found. Definitions up to date.
5. Security Task Manager (by Neuber Software) finds this file to be a threat. It appears to be trying to reach a website on the net: http//badmental3.netfirms.com/bad.gif, and then Microsoft.com. This first site does not exist.
6. I searched the registry for services.exe, and no references to this file were found except for the legitimate Microsoft file
2007-01-15
22:29:15
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Jessica N
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