Unidentifiable Programs Attempting Internet Access

Does anyone know have information about some unknown and unidentifiable
programs that have been trying to access the Internet from my computer?

This is the situation. Recently my firewall started notifying me of some
programs which were trying to access the Internet from my computer for the
first time. I haven’t been able to identify how these programs are being
generated or their true function. My firewall has no information on them
other than their name.

These programs have only a number and .exe for a name. Here are a few
examples: 136.exe, 13642.exe, 1357.exe, 10060.exe, 18885.exe, 16690.exe and
16534.exe.

I am receiving 15 to 20 of these in a 24 hour period. To date I have blocked
more than 150 of these programs.

Each new program has a different numerical designation so I can’t block them
as a group. I have to block each one individually. Every time I block one
within an hour or two another one pops up with an entirely different
numerical designation.

I have also tried letting some of them access the Internet to see if this
would stop the generation of new requests but that hasn’t helped either.
After allowing one or more programs access to the Internet I continue to get
requests for new programs with a different numerical designation to access
the Internet. It is an endless process with no apparent way to stop new
programs from being generated and requesting Internet access for the first
time.

I don’t believe these are harmful or some type of spy ware but I’m not sure.
I have run my anti virus software and spy ware blockers like Ad Ware, CW
Shredder, Spybot S & D, etc. several times with the latest updates and they
have had no effect on these programs.

Due to the fact that nothing will stop new programs with a different
numerical designation from requesting Internet access for the first time this
is becoming a real troublesome problem as I am constantly dealing with these
Internet access requests.

If anyone has information on what these programs are doing and how I can
stop them PLEASE let me know.

cwadss wrote:

Does anyone know have information about some unknown and
unidentifiable programs that have been trying to access the Internet
from my computer?

This is the situation. Recently my firewall started notifying me of
some programs which were trying to access the Internet from my
computer for the first time. I haven?t been able to identify how these
programs are being generated or their true function. My firewall has
no information on them other than their name.

These programs have only a number and .exe for a name. Here are a few
examples: 136.exe, 13642.exe, 1357.exe, 10060.exe, 18885.exe,
16690.exe and 16534.exe.

I am receiving 15 to 20 of these in a 24 hour period. To date I have
blocked more than 150 of these programs.

Each new program has a different numerical designation so I can?t
block them as a group. I have to block each one individually. Every
time I block one within an hour or two another one pops up with an
entirely different numerical designation.

I have also tried letting some of them access the Internet to see if
this would stop the generation of new requests but that hasn?t helped
either. After allowing one or more programs access to the Internet I
continue to get requests for new programs with a different numerical
designation to access
the Internet. It is an endless process with no apparent way to stop
new programs from being generated and requesting Internet access for
the first time.

I don?t believe these are harmful or some type of spy ware but I?m not
sure. I have run my anti virus software and spy ware blockers like Ad
Ware, CW Shredder, Spybot S & D, etc. several times with the latest
updates and they have had no effect on these programs.

Due to the fact that nothing will stop new programs with a different
numerical designation from requesting Internet access for the first
time this is becoming a real troublesome problem as I am constantly
dealing with these Internet access requests.

If anyone has information on what these programs are doing and how I
can stop them PLEASE let me know.

I don't agree that these programs are benign. I did a Google for
"136.exe" and came up with this thread in the AumHa HijackThis forum:

http://tinyurl.com/4suyc

I suggest you read through those posts carefully and do a scan with
HijackThis yourself. All anti-malware scans should be done in Safe
Mode. HijackThis requires expert skill. Here are links to a tutorial
and to sites where you can post your log (not here, please). I
recommend the AumHa forum.

http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Jim
Eshelman
http://aumha.net - forums
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 - Spyware Warrior HijackThis
forum
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/

Malke
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