Two Local Area Connections?

Hi all, Today I checked windows task manager and on networking it said that
I had two Local Area Connections, Connection 1 at 100Mbps (my standard LAN
connection to Linksys cable modem router/hub) and Connection 2 at 30 Mbps.
I never ever saw two local area connections before on my two peer to peer
networked Dell computers running XP SP1, Norton AV and Zone Alarm, which are
all current. I even have the six or so Norton AV updates this week alone!
I also use SpyBot and Adaware for spyware scans.

Could a virus/worm sneaked through all my security, when I wasn't looking?
Or am I being paranoid? Thanks, Pat Conover

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Leythos, Only the network card to a hard wired LAN and Cable Router WAN, no
wireless. Task Manager doesn't show the IP address.

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Hi all, Today I checked windows task manager and on networking it said
that
I had two Local Area Connections, Connection 1 at 100Mbps (my standard
LAN
connection to Linksys cable modem router/hub) and Connection 2 at 30
Mbps.
I never ever saw two local area connections before on my two peer to
peer
networked Dell computers running XP SP1, Norton AV and Zone Alarm, which
are
all current. I even have the six or so Norton AV updates this week
alone!
I also use SpyBot and Adaware for spyware scans.

Could a virus/worm sneaked through all my security, when I wasn't
looking?
Or am I being paranoid? Thanks, Pat Conover

Does the machine have wired and wireless network adapters?

Was Connection 2 enabled? What was it's IP address?

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Leythos, When I saw the second connection and got a little concerned, I
shutdown the PC, turned off all power and then did a cold boot. The second
connection hasn't shown up again, yet.

I only have the one NIC LAN connection and never created any others, that I
know of, so I don't think that there are any deleted connections to be
"re-found". I don't have any VPN or other forms of connections. How can I
check for second connection and delete it if necessary.

Pat Conover
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Leythos, Only the network card to a hard wired LAN and Cable Router WAN,
no
wireless. Task Manager doesn't show the IP address.


I've seen two cases where this happens - one is where a connection gets
deleted or "re-found" and the second one is created. The other is where
you have a VPN or some other form of connection created to connect to
other systems (dial-up, VPN, etc...).

If you didn't create the second connection, delete it and watch for it
to come back.


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Leythos, Already ran both Spybot S&D and Adaware, no problems. Still
confused.

Pat Conover
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Leythos, When I saw the second connection and got a little concerned, I
shutdown the PC, turned off all power and then did a cold boot. The
second
connection hasn't shown up again, yet.

I only have the one NIC LAN connection and never created any others,
that I
know of, so I don't think that there are any deleted connections to be
"re-found". I don't have any VPN or other forms of connections. How
can I
check for second connection and delete it if necessary.

Pat, I would suggest that you download and run Spybot Search & Destroy
from http://www.safer-networking.org

I've used it without fail for searching out all sorts of hidden things.

Also, update your AV software and reboot into SAFE MODE and run a full
system scan.

If you reply, please bottom post, it allows for proper reading of the
thread.

Thanks

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