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Boot your pc and let it settle doing all it's normal update checks then open a cmd prompt and type

netstat -b 5 > activity.txt

Let this run for a few mins then do a ctrl c to stop it

then type activity.txt

You will get a list of all the outbound activity

This is how i found a hidden nasty on my machine

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Thanks!!!

[Dark Crypto]

I have reason to believe that i have a trojan virus running in the background, i ran this test and im getting a connection through svchost.exe, is that normal?

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svchost.exe is a generic "holder" process for a number of programs, many legitamate but is also hijacked by trojan, dialers viruses etc

check from the results of the test where the packets are going, if they are obviously dubious e.g seem to be sending mail or going to some odd sites ( some will be clicking spammers google ads in the background)then you have been hijacked

run a root kit scanner as shown in an easrlier post

run spybot and hijackthis (google them) and of course run a good AV scan, try the free online one at symantech

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when you have run hijackthis post your log results here and i can have a look and see if there is anything obviously abnormal