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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:56:33 -0800
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  If the connection leaving the computer is via an Ethernet card, it is 
probably possible to capture the data packets with a "sniffer" tool.  
Ethereal is the popular free/open source choice; you may find the latest 
versions under the name "WireShark".

  If you can capture a few seconds worth of this traffic and send me the 
packet file, I have additional analysis tools that may shed some light.

David Gillett


On 24 Feb 2007 at 23:49, Dean Kukral wrote:

> My wife's computer, running XP Home, seems to be sending pulses of between 
> five and fifteen KB of data out to the internet every second.  (You see a 
> sawtooth curve on the Task Manager.)
> 
> I suspect some malware, but none of my malware detection programs have found 
> anything.
> 
> Is there some utility that I can use to find the destination of these 
> packets of data and/or what is sending them?
> 
> Dean Kukral 
> 
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