Re: Hacker !?
- From: "Alias" <aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:01:18 +0200
Re wowexec.exe, see
http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/wowexec.exe.php
Normal to have.
Alias
"J12" <J12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>
> My win XP alienware computer started making writing/saving noises today on
> it's C drive.
>
> When I search for files, I see listed files that are being written but I'm
> not touching anything. In this list, notepad files such as 'security',
> 'ntuser.dat' and "software/ windows32 config" won't let me open them,
> saying
> "this process cannot access
> the file because it is being used by another process". I took screen
> captures of that list.
>
> I ran AVG anti virus; it showed no infections. It did show 3 things
> (windows/system32 user32, shell32 dlls and ntoskrnl.exe) "changed"
> instead
> of 'OK'. I don't remember it ever saying that before.
>
> I ran Spybot and it showed 13 things--all cookies--that I fixed.
>
> But the writing/saving is still occuring.
>
> My task manager shows 41 things (after fixing with spybot)--including
> "wowexec.exe" which curiously shows no listing of its
> 'mem usage'. I took screen captures of task manager too.
>
> As I started to write this, my comupter C:drive finally went silent-- no
> more saving/writing noises, after 2+ hours of doing it!
>
> I need to know what this is and what to do now!
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