Popped the keyword "smsx.exe" into google.com and found a truck-load of information pertaining to this. Checkout this URL: http://lists.insecure.org/lists/incidents/2003/May/0017.html If this is what I believe it to be, someone is attempting to access/download software via your system. /jp/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "s m d" <indigo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:27 am Subject: [pchelpers] smsx.exe? | Anyone familiar with smsx.exe? It normally starts up with windows and is found in my | c:\\winnt\system32\ folder but I've since diabled it until I know what it is. Since my | computer has been acting slow in the last few hours, I decided to troubleshoot the | problem and this is the only thing I've found that looks odd. I can't find it on the web or | at Symantec website either so just wondering. | | Susan | Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.