Can Wireshark detect a rogue program silently sending an email?

0	How can I use Wireshark to determine that a rogue program (malware) silently sent an email from my computer? malware asked 24 Jun '12, 18:45 Dee 1●1●1●1 accept rate: 0% edited 25 Jun '12, 19:34 helloworld 2.6k●2●17●39

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You can sniff on your computer, but Wireshark will only show that there is something sending an e-mail, however it will not show the process name.

Your options are:

Use Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4. It will show the process name in some cases.
Use a desktop firewall to block AND log any application that tries to send an e-mail

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Kurt

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answered 26 Jun '12, 00:05

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Can Wireshark detect a rogue program silently sending an email?

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