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Is there any way to find out who/what is running something through java/javaw.exe, in order to determine if the outbound network connection is safe or rogue?
I use a third-party firewall (Windows Firewall Control) that interfaces with Windows 7's native firewall, and alerts me on any/all outbound connections (that don't already have a rule).
An issue, however, is javaw.exe -- because it's essentially a "gateway" program, it's not safe to allow it anytime/everytime/anyhow through the firewall.
So I'm wondering -- given no direct action or apparent cause-and-effect paired with an outbound network connection alert through javaw.exe, is there a way to determine what's doing the calling?
I'm also curious about this with svchost.exe, too.
1You can check the command line parameters, if you haven't already. Open the Task Manager and select the Process tab. Then click View > Select Columns and enable the Command Line option. As for
svchost.exe
, it's a generic host process name for system services. If you right-click it and choose Go to Service(s), all related services will be highlighted. – and31415 – 2014-05-03T09:35:57.057@and31415 Ah, great idea! Thanks for the suggestion. – Coldblackice – 2014-05-04T00:09:07.733
@and31415 If you put that as an answer, I'll select it as best answer. – Coldblackice – 2014-05-16T04:41:15.510