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Unwanted SMTP connections from services.exe slowing internet connection

Asked by RobDeBob in Anti-Virus, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Networking Security Vulnerabilities

Tags: smtp, connections

Using the command prompt and netstat I have determined that about half of my traffic at any given moment is smtp connections from services.exe. Spybot, Adaware, and AVG can't find anything, so I suspect a rootkit is involved. How do I stop this, and where can I start?

Active Connections

  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State           PID
  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3268          mg.mx.aol.com:smtp     SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3269          dimail3.emirates.net.ae:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3270          mxl144v13.mxlogic.net:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3271          mx.uniserve.ca:smtp    SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3272          smtppool2.skynet.be:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3273          *.s8b1.psmtp.com:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3274          mta-v1.mail.vip.in2.yahoo.com:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3275          mx3.vip.sina.com:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3276          mail.global.frontbridge.com:smtp  SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:3277          9.mx.freenet.de:smtp   SYN_SENT        872
  [services.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:1641          localhost:1642         ESTABLISHED     1800
  [firefox.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:1642          localhost:1641         ESTABLISHED     1800
  [firefox.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:1643          localhost:1644         ESTABLISHED     1800
  [firefox.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:1644          localhost:1643         ESTABLISHED     1800
  [firefox.exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:2643          by1msg2245418.gateway.edge.messenger.live.com:1863  ESTABLISHED     768
  [MsnMsgr.Exe]

  TCP    ROBDEBOB:4131          cds24.sea.llnw.net:http  CLOSE_WAIT      2696
  [Steam.exe]

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