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Detecting Spyware Using NetStat

Posted Jul 16, 2007 by David Risley  

How to use NETSTAT.EXE to find potential spyware/malware in Windows XP.

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8 Comment(s)

  1. Kevin said:
    7/30/2007 2:56 pm

    Thanks, this will come in handy!

    [Reply]

  2. Dwane Arthur said:
    7/31/2007 10:10 am

    Great tip, thank You
    Cuggie

    [Reply]

  3. Dan said:
    7/31/2007 6:22 pm

    Once I find them how do I get rid of the bad ones?

    [Reply]

  4. Nelson said:
    7/31/2007 8:08 pm

    Thanks for the tip!!

    [Reply]

  5. 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

    [Reply]

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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?

    [Reply]

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