On Sep 13, 9:14 am, "Daave" <da...@example.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain:
See:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html
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I have ZoneLabs anti-virus and anti-spyware running, McAfee latest
version, and Spybot Search and Destroy running. They all find stuff
and either delete or quarantine them. This is a good thing.
After all these, there are still some lingering suspicious processes
running found with Process Explorer (above MS link). After some
investigation, I found some 'services' that I would definitely prefer
not to be running:
- - - - - - - - - -
stisvc - Display Name: Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Path: C:\WINDOWS\sysem32\wiaservc.dll
Purpose: Provides image acquisition services for scanners
and cameras.
-I do have an HP all-in-one scanner/printer/fax, this is probably used
for this. I don't use the 'direct from pc to scanner' feature that
much.
WebClient - Display Name- WebClient
Path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\webclnt.dll
Purpose: Enables Windows-based programs to create, access,
and modify Internet-based files. If this service is stopped, these
functions will not be available. If this service is disabled, any
services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
-Possibly connected to the HP all-in-one device above.
RemoteRegistry - Display Name: Remote Registry
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvc.dll
Purpose: Enables remote users to modify registry settings
on this computer. If this service is stopped, the registry can be
modified only by users on this computer. If this service is disabled,
any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
-Scary stuff. Comes in an svchost.exe with LmHosts service, which
looks harmless.
What do I use to stop these???!!?!? Is there already a program to do
this?
(I found a VB reference, but this of course is n/a:
http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/865-How-start-stop-windows-services-programmati.aspx)
How can I terminate these in C/C++? I am using Visual C/C++ 6.0.
Thank You,
FeedScrn
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Why not go into the Administrative Tools | Services applet, stop the services you don't want, and set their properties to not allow