Can anyone tell me what this is? mcsmss.exe?WEB.......are you certain about .... mcsmss.exe ?
Could you have typed it wrong?

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dl65No, thats what was trying to access the internet. At first I thought it was msn, nut know it was not. Any idea?wardbo......I cant find anything on mcsmss.exe. how did you pick it up ....did your firewall catch it ? Have you tried doing a search of your pc for anything with that description ?
If it was your firewall that caught it is there a log file .....there may be additional info in it .

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dl65 I finally solved it. It was a backdoor Trojan that I somehow got. I think I got it when I was downloading or using ICQ. I knew I should not use it!ICQ does not come with Trojans or viruses. Not even Spyware.

You either DOWNLOADED it from a questionable source or you accepted a file sent by another user who you could not trust. (Even if you could, he/she should install a (better) virus sanner). In both cases you shouldn't hold ICQ RESPONSIBLE for your mistakes.I use AVG for my virus protection. Can you suggest a better one. I thought it was ICQ because it was the only program that I have down loaded. I also have a trojan in a system volume folder that I cannot get into. I have tried to get into it through safe mode but it will not allow me. AVG does not seem to clean this one out!WEB.......perhaps if you go to control panel / folder options /click VIEW and scroll down until you get to show hidden folder put a tick there ....move down to show hidden system folders ( not recomended ) tick there ...click APPLY and ok ....now you should be able to see those folders and get into them .
When your done change thing back to as they were .

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I use AVG for my virus protection. Can you suggest a better one. I thought it was ICQ because it was the only program that I have down loaded. I also have a trojan in a system volume folder that I cannot get into. I have tried to get into it through safe mode but it will not allow me. AVG does not seem to clean this one out!