mstask.exe sending info out on the net - Sygate Personal Firewall

[zollo9999]

Hi

I'm running W2k with Sygate Personal Firewall over a dialup connection.

I've been reviewing my firewall settings and noticed after Norton Antivirus did a Live Update, mstask.exe was sending considerable traffic out onto the net.

I blocked the traffic and investigated.
mstask.exe is the application/process name for the Microsoft Task Scheduler. The only scheduled task is Symantec LiveUpdate Netdetect (NDETECT.EXE). So it seems that I was viewing the last step in the live update, where it checks for any last minute updates.

Question(1): Why is the application "mstask.exe" sending (or shown to be sending) info out rather than NDETECT.EXE

Question(2): There seemed to be too much traffic out of my PC for it to be part of the live update process. It could be spyware / virus but I will have to run some "cleanup" programs to be sure. Is there anyone out there who could tell me what is happening?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Zollo A+ / VBA Developer

 

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