Are these files normal? Possible hack

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BillMann

Hello,

I was looking through my system folder as I sometimes do
and decided to check what activeX files all were installed
on my pc.
I saw some files which I didnt recognize but immediately
came across as suspicious since its names implied
something which is usually associated with hacking and
such. Alas,..the files were ipdaem50.ocx and smtp50.ocx

After a bit of googling and looking at the description of
the files I found out that they were from a software
program called IP*works V5
http://www.nsoftware.com/products/showprod.aspx?part=IPA6-A

As I vividly remember never having installed that I am now
starting to wonder how I could have picked up these files.
Do these perhaps install with other software packages
or......?????

Could anyone check and see if they have these files on
their drives or do a check in their registries
for "IPworks" because it gets written under that name as a
component.
Ipdaemon and SMTP client certainly dont seem to be very
friendly programs as one is a server program component and
the other is used to send emails

http://www.nsoftware.com/products/controls/?
ctl=SMTP&prod=ipv6

http://www.nsoftware.com/products/controls/?
ctl=IPDaemon&prod=ipv6

Was I hacked and does anyone know if other files could
also be installed besides these ocx files?

I have to say I have never picked up anything on my
firewall or when running netstat and I check them
frequently.

Sincerely,
Bill
 
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which firewall are you running ?
what antivirus ?
what antitrojan ?
what antispyware/ malware ?
 
Hi Bill,

I wouldn't worry - ipdaem50.ocx and smtp50.ocx are ActiveX components
that are part of the IP*Works! Version 5 Internet toolkit. They are
software components that other software vendors use to add internet
capabilities to their applications.

For example, say you want an application that you are building to be
able to send email. Instead of writing all of the complicated
protocol logic, you can take our component, drop it in your
application, and send email with only a couple lines of code.
Software components are just like hardware components - if you were
building a car for example, we would be providing the transmission.

Our components are used by thousands of developers around the globe,
and there are hundreds of thousands of customer installations. If you
really want to check what is using the component I would suggest
unregistering the OCX's (regsvr32) and checking to see what
application breaks. That will tell you exactly what application was
built with these components.

-Eric
 
which firewall are you running ?
what antivirus ?
what antitrojan ?
what antispyware/ malware ?
Click to expand...

So, is there a theme you're trying to get across here...? :)

Jeff
 
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