Folks,

Please advise. Just found Alexa on many high ports. Spybot doesn't detect it: is Alexa now whitelisted?

Cannot find any running process, service, BHO or startup that seems to be associated with Alexa. What starts Alexa and how can I stop and get rid of it?

Per the instructions I've attached the DDS and aswMBR logs below. Below please find the output of netstat -a | grep alexa.

Thanks!
Robert

netstat -a | grep alexa

TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63716 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63719 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63720 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63722 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63724 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63725 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:12080 alexa:63737 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63764 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63765 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63766 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63767 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63768 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63769 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63770 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:27275 alexa:63771 FIN_WAIT_2
TCP 127.0.0.1:49155 alexa:3979 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:57765 alexa:57766 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:57766 alexa:57765 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:57772 alexa:57773 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:57773 alexa:57772 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:60627 alexa:60630 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:60630 alexa:60627 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63710 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63712 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63713 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63715 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63716 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63718 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63719 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63720 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63722 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63724 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63725 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63731 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63732 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63734 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63735 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63736 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63737 alexa:12080 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:63739 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63740 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63741 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63742 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63744 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63746 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63749 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63751 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63754 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63759 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63762 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63771 alexa:27275 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63773 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:63778 alexa:21322 TIME_WAIT

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