RanjeetRain
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What is winfirewall.exe ???
Some stupid program is troubling(?) me. I was scared to notice my system was continuously sending out packets (without recieveing any). It is for the first time that I am noticing this. I (in my knowledge) have not installed anything that should do something of this kind. I tried finding out what was going on, and this is what I discovered:
The process sending out packets - %WinSysDir%\winfirewall.ex
Packets being sent to - nameservices.net
End point of connection on remote system - Port 1667
End point of connection on local system - Port 1667
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What it seems to me is that - my system is trying to contact a predefined naming service to resolve a name. But I have a couple of questions that are playing on my mind. Which name? Whos asked it to? Why this particular service? Who installed this app in first place? Is it a regular EXE, or a hacking tool?
The process sending out packets - %WinSysDir%\winfirewall.ex
Packets being sent to - nameservices.net
End point of connection on remote system - Port 1667
End point of connection on local system - Port 1667
Replies recieved - None
What it seems to me is that - my system is trying to contact a predefined naming service to resolve a name. But I have a couple of questions that are playing on my mind. Which name? Whos asked it to? Why this particular service? Who installed this app in first place? Is it a regular EXE, or a hacking tool?
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