How to use NETSTAT.EXE to find potential spyware/malware in Windows XP.
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Kevin said:
7/30/2007 2:56 pm
Thanks, this will come in handy!
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Dwane Arthur said:
7/31/2007 10:10 am
Great tip, thank You
Cuggie
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Dan said:
7/31/2007 6:22 pm
Once I find them how do I get rid of the bad ones?
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Nelson said:
7/31/2007 8:08 pm
Thanks for the tip!!
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Chuba Menkiti said:
8/1/2007 1:41 am
Hi PC MECH,
Due to our slow internet link, I cannot play the video via web.
Is it possible to download the video file to my laptop and play it locally on it??
Thanks,
Chuba
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Mateo said:
8/9/2007 9:11 pm
I made a boo boo. I accidentally wrote the following:
C:\>>netstat -b > netstat.exe
don’t ask me why I did that. I wasn’t paying attention. I was listening to one thing and following the other. Now when I try to run netstat from C: it doesn’t work it says C:\netstat.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Anyone?? Help?? I just want to understand what I did.
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Mateo said:
8/9/2007 9:17 pm
nevermind I figured it out. It created a netstat.exe file under C:\ so instead of running the global netstat, it was trying to run the one under the root and of course that one wasn’t a real program but the boo boo I made. If anyone makes that mistake, don’t worry it’s not as bad as the warning beep makes it sound.
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thomas said:
3/25/2008 9:17 am
I just read this government info on spyware http://hubpages.com/hub/Spyware_tips
is it very accurate?
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