Two days ago the (previously very stable) box I have been using solely as a (dial-up, not DSL or cable) Internet gateway for my little home network became very flaky. Locking up, black screens, wouldn't shut down properly, and always connected. I could restart it OK so I started looking for problems. Scandisk OK, no corrupt system files. Then I noticed, when trying to 3-finger out of a lock-up that there was a new process running - wscript.exe - and started looking in system configuration, and there was a new start-up item - network.vbs. I killed these, and now everything is fine.
I was/am running BlackIce Defender & InoculateIt on this box, but I suspect an intruder. Other boxes on the network seem fine, no sign of these items, and PC-cillin has logged no problems.
What do you folks think?
I was/am running BlackIce Defender & InoculateIt on this box, but I suspect an intruder. Other boxes on the network seem fine, no sign of these items, and PC-cillin has logged no problems.
What do you folks think?