Working on a system that has been beaconing
out to bad places and noticed this in the 'pstree' output (abbreviated):
Name
Pid PPid
--------------------------------------------------
------ ------
0x894ca030:csrss.exe
580 484 ...
0x8f25b5b0:wininit.exe
632 484 ...
. 0x8f379d40:services.exe
692
632 ...
.. 0xb12484c0:FireSvc.exe
2064
692 ...
.. 0xaecc6d40:svchost.exe
3332
692 ...
...
.. 0xb3eeb030:svchost.exe
3780
692 ...
.. 0x85e518e8:msdtc.exe
5332
692 ...
... 0x82651d40:explorer.exe
5400
5332 ...
.... 0x85dcc3b0:pmcs.exe
1608
5400 ...
.... 0x85dc9240:EpePcMonitor.e
6108 5400
...
.... 0x85c92030:BTTray.exe
4744
5400 ...
.... 0x8652c928:iexplore.exe
7028
5400 ...
..... 0x86721030:iexplore.exe
7364
7028 ...
...... 0x866f2030:jp2launcher.ex
5356 7364 ...
....... 0x8678c408:java.exe
7700
5356 ...
...
Is it just me or is msdtc.exe a very
odd parent for explorer.exe? I would normally expect userinit.exe
to start explorer and then exit, leaving it with no visible parent.
Any input appreciated...
-=[ Steve
]=-