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services.exe is a part of Windows that manages the processes. Anytime a service starts or stops it is through services.exe. During system startup and shutdown is when this process sees most of its action. You should never end this process unless it is running outside of your windows system folder.
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services.exe is a Windows System File and should be in a system directory. If it is then this application is safe.

Startup DB Entries:
( 1 ) "Added by the NEVEG.B or NEVEG.C WORMS! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which should not appear in Msconfig/Startup!"
( 2 ) "Added by the SOBER-Q TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This file is located in a HelpHelp subfolder of the Windows or Winnt folder"
( 3 ) "Added by the SOBER.V WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in %Windir%\ConnectionStatus\Microsoft"
( 4 ) "Added by the SOBER.AA WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This file is located in a ""PoolData"" subfolder of the Windows or Winnt folder"
( 5 ) "Added by the SOBER.X WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This file is located in a ""WinSecurity"" subfolder of the Windows or Winnt folder"
( 6 ) "Added by the SOBER.O WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This file is located in a Connection WizardStatus subfolder of the Windows or Winnt folder"
( 7 ) "FakeMessage/AdRotator adware. Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in an ""Inetsrv"" subfolder"
( 8 ) "FakeMessage/AdRotator adware. Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in an ""Inetsrv"" subfolder"
( 9 ) "Added by the PUNYA-A WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup!"
( 10 ) "Detected by Kaspersky as the AUTORUN.DIB WORM! See here. Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in a ~A~m~B~u~R~a~D~u~L~ subfolder"
( 11 ) "Added by the NEVEG.B or NEVEG.C WORMS! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which should not appear in Msconfig/Startup!"
( 12 ) "Added by the NEVEG.B or NEVEG.C WORMS! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which should not appear in Msconfig/Startup!"
( 13 ) "Added by the AUTORUN-DV WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in a ~A~m~B~u~R~a~D~u~L~ subfolder"
( 14 ) "Added by the WINSPY.AG TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup!"
( 15 ) "Added by a variant of the IRCBOT TROJAN! See here. Note - this is not the legitimate services.exe process which is always located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup!"


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