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What are these weird IP address connections in resource monitor?

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Mar 15, 202614543 views

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I decided to check out Resource Monitor (on the 'Performance' tab in Task Manager, Windows 7) and I noticed in the "Network" section that the 'System' image name kept making a bunch (~5 at a time) of connections to random IP addresses, it would show anywhere from 1-500 bytes/sec 'sent'. They would …

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Sounds like you have a worm which is scanning random IP addresses for potential targets it can spread itself to.

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