svchost.exe (netsvcs) connects to weird hostnames - screenshot
So svchost.exe (netsvcs) connects to weird hostnames and I found out by chance, when I opened Resource monitor. What does this mean? My antivirus/firewall application seems to think there's nothing wrong. How can I be sure that there's nothing suspicious going on?
Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20 Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0 Memory 16 GB DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb Monitor(s) Displays Generic Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2 Antivirus Avast Free Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely)
If you look at the screenshot, there are connections to (or from) Israel, Norway... I'm currently in Greece, so it doesn't make much sense, does it? Since it's svchost.exe...
It makes perfect sense. Internet connected computer with internet connected applications are going to be connected to a lot of things. I see nothing wrong here.
Yeah ok but what is the point of several international connections and not even to the same country, rotating once in a while? I, of course, do not run any applications that could do that.