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24 Oct 2005 5:08 PM
Donald Boelling
I found a process on my system that is running. It is very strange and
I do not know what it is. Here are the facts...

Filename: pdhepl40.exe

It is in c:\windows\system32
It is a hidden file and can not be unhidden
It can not be seen, even in dos mode
Even XP Task Manager does not see it running
It listens on port 1044

I would not even have known about it except I was testing another
third party task manager called "Security Task Manager" which can see
the process and file.

Anyone have any info on it?

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24 Oct 2005 6:07 PM
Joan Wild
Someone answered your question in microsoft.public.security.

Please don't multipost, and also this newsgroup is about security in Access,
the database product.


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Joan Wild
Microsoft Access MVP

Donald Boelling wrote:
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> I found a process on my system that is running. It is very strange and
> I do not know what it is. Here are the facts...
>
> Filename: pdhepl40.exe
>
> It is in c:\windows\system32
> It is a hidden file and can not be unhidden
> It can not be seen, even in dos mode
> Even XP Task Manager does not see it running
> It listens on port 1044
>
> I would not even have known about it except I was testing another
> third party task manager called "Security Task Manager" which can see
> the process and file.
>
> Anyone have any info on it?