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| Thread ID: 48684 | 2004-08-30 01:49:00 | applications asking for access | theother1 (3573) | Press F1 |
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| 266870 | 2004-08-30 01:49:00 | I have installed SP2 and was reminded of worries I had previously about various things asking for access to the net via Zone Alarm. Since loading SP2 I am getting a rash of applications claiming my attention. What are they and why do they want to establish a connection? 1/ System32.alg.exe 2/ Sys32\\/\/bem\\/\/MIADAP.exe 3/ MS office\office\1033\wfxmsrvr 4/ sys32\spoolsv5/ sys32\rundll 6/ sys32\msdtc 7/ " \vssvc 8/ " \dwwin 9/ " \svchost 10/ " \dllhost 11/ " \csrss etc etc etc I am sure that they are all OK (I think), but I am not sure. Does anyone know what they do? Rob |
theother1 (3573) | ||
| 266871 | 2004-08-30 01:51:00 | any applications you are unsure about, google them and you'll get a raft of resources explaining their functions cheers icy |
icyred (5795) | ||
| 266872 | 2004-08-30 03:05:00 | Some good sites to find out what the different processes and services are here (www.answersthatwork.com) here (www.windowsstartup.com) here (www.blackviper.com) a good utility is process explorer to find out whats what. here (www.sysinternals.com) hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 266873 | 2004-08-30 10:17:00 | Cheers guys I will give them a look. R |
theother1 (3573) | ||
| 266874 | 2004-08-30 10:31:00 | I dont use ZA but this still should apply. I only let a few programs I know use the internet connection eg. Your internet browser Internet Explorer is normaly : iexplorer.exe Firefox should be : firefox.exe Your email client Outlook express normaly is : msimn.exe Virus/spybot/ad-aware And only a few others like my ftp program etc. You may also want to allow the windows updater, but it is best if it asks you each time. I know this didnt answer your question but HTH |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 266875 | 2004-08-30 13:27:00 | Most of those will be because of services running that probably don't need to be, so things aren't much more secure. eg no 3 I assume to be an office fax server. |
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