WinCal.Exe Arbitarily Wanting to Start

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

This morning for the 1st time "WinCal.Exe" application wanted to get started so my "Comodo Memory Firewall" asked me if I wanted to allow this operation.

Well, I have never used Windows Vista Calendar .... heck I did NOT even knew that there was such an animal or application on my laptop. So, I chose to block the application.

According to Comodo Memory Firewall this is a pattern for a Hacker's attack!

Here is what throws me off ... yesterday I happen to ran these Anti-Virus
applications in FULL Scan mode and found nothing ... Avira Antivirus,
SuperAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

Q1: Do I have something to worry about? Am I infected?

If not can someone shed a light on this ... why would this application just want to start out of nowhere ... I have had this laptop for over 9 months ... why this application never had tried to start before and this morning all of sudden!

I have used Comodo almost from day one on my laptop.

Q2: Any suggestions on what to do with this Application and it's safety?

BTW, I am running Vista Home Prem., SP1, 64-Bit.

Thanks,

G!

[MilesAhead]

Get SysInternals AutoRuns and see where it's trying to start from. There's so many places for a program to be launched it's nearly impossible to track it down by hand.

[gonwk]

Get SysInternals AutoRuns and see where it's trying to start from. ...

Hi Miles,

How goes it?

Is "SysInternals AutoRuns" different from "Process Explorer"?

Thanks,

G!

[MilesAhead]

Yeah, it's one of the programs in the SysInternals suite. It shows every startup on your system. Kind of bewildering to look at but you can search for the particular program by name. It should zero in on where it is starting up.

You can just go to AfterDawn and download the whole suite.

[gonwk]

Hi Miles,

Thanks!

G!