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sqlserver.exe running in background

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by w.young, 2006/05/10.

  1. 2006/05/10
    w.young

    w.young Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a Windows 2000 Pc and in the task mgr it shows 'sqlserver.exe' running and taking about 34mb memory.

    Now, the user is not running any sql apps. I do have the Pc on my network connected to a server that has sql running but she is only accessing a mapped drive on the server for storage. Nothing else.


    Why is sqlserever.exe running on the Pc.

    Help.
    Bill
     
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  2. 2006/05/11
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Someone would have had to install it. It's probably MSDE, the stripped down version.
     
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    Arie

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    Well.... it depends. sqlserver.exe is usually a worm/trojan. The Microsoft SQL server executable is called sqlservr.exe.
     
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