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09-07-2009, 07:05 PM #1
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weird network usage
i was logged into my router and noticed that my laptop was utilizing all bandwidth possible, with nothing that i know of running on it updating or downloading/uploading... so in investigated
resource monitor says that svchost.exe (netsvcs) with a pid of 4840 is talking to cds541.ord.linw.net google shows no relavant results for linw.net so i am wondering why a windows process is talking that much to an unknown website.... should i be worried?powered by Windows 7
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09-07-2009, 09:47 PM #2
Re: weird network usage
I'd disable your wireless adapter on your lappy and run a complete virus and spyware scan. Sounds like a bug got in and is either trying to get some data from your PC or using your connection for some other purpose.
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09-08-2009, 02:29 AM #3
Re: weird network usage
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=722294
Set Resource Monitor to report IP addresses, not domain names, and let us know what address it's connecting to. I suspect the reverse domain entry points at a stale domain.
linw.net looks like a dead domain that's now being squatted by some registrar:
http://www.robtex.com/dns/linw.net.htmlDude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?
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