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svchost abuse detection

mbur · 2008-01-22 19:40:13

I would love to have a method or a software tool to track what processes are using my Windows XP 'Generic host processer' (svchost) to contact remote hosts. Currently I have my Kerio firewall configured to block/allow svchost depending on what I understand and approve. Its often hopeless trying to figure out what is going…

22-01-2008 7:40pm

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mbur

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I would love to have a method or a software tool to track what processes are using my Windows XP 'Generic host processer' (svchost) to contact remote hosts.

Currently I have my Kerio firewall configured to block/allow svchost depending on what I understand and approve. Its often hopeless trying to figure out what is going on by doing a whois on the remote url.

Some way of finding out the actual service being requests would be mighty helpfull to.

The application of this tool/method for malware detection is obvious, I hope.

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