I’ve had my machine booted to WinPE most of the day running Ad-Aware SE and Rootkit detection tools against it without the O/S installed on the HD being active.
Nothing.
Still, SOMETHING is trying to LISTEN for incoming traffic. Examining the firewall logs, XP is hanging the blame on CcmExec.exe, but it may be just the “Front Man”; the real culprit could be in the background.
More work to do.
Somehow I have mixed feelings about your communicating your communication difficulties to us.
But I do commiserate with you. The magic inside the box is really a house of cards whose fall can have tectonic implications, but only on a personal level.