Guest Ken Walsh Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Re: Zone Alarm popup "Kayman" <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com> wrote in message news:%23qGLGzEMJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:04:40 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I wonder if someone can help me. When I start my machine up I get a `Zone >> alarm pop up security alert` Server Program saying >> Generic Host Process for Win32 Servers is trying to act as a server >> >> Identification: None >> Application: sychost.exe >> Source IP: 0.0.0.0.Port 135 >> >> if I do either, click on the button `remember this setting.`Allow` or >> `Deny` >> Zone Alarm then starts up and my machine works OK. >> The trouble is it will still pop up next time I boot up so its getting to >> be >> a pain. Any ideas how to stop this popping up every time. > > Ken Walsh <ken@nospam.co.uk> wrote on 16-Oct-08 6:46:38 PM in > comp.security.firewalls > > > Sorry my mistake I went and checked again after reading the replies and > like an idiot I am (blind as a bat as well) > yes your right it is SVCHOST.EXE and not sychost.exe > [unquote] > > It would've been be nice if you'd advised this group here as well! yes your right but I was only on line for seconds when I sent the post back to that group not had chance to do the same to this one (sorry) but your quite right it was a cock up by me. Sorry my mistake I went and checked again after reading the replies and like an idiot I am (blind as a bat as well ;-) yes your right it is SVCHOST.EXE and not sychost.exe but the same question is, valid why do I keep getting it??
Guest Kayman Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Re: Zone Alarm popup On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:08:08 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote: > "Kayman" <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com> wrote in message > news:%23qGLGzEMJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:04:40 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wonder if someone can help me. When I start my machine up I get a `Zone >>> alarm pop up security alert` Server Program saying >>> Generic Host Process for Win32 Servers is trying to act as a server >>> >>> Identification: None >>> Application: sychost.exe >>> Source IP: 0.0.0.0.Port 135 >>> >>> if I do either, click on the button `remember this setting.`Allow` or >>> `Deny` >>> Zone Alarm then starts up and my machine works OK. >>> The trouble is it will still pop up next time I boot up so its getting to >>> be >>> a pain. Any ideas how to stop this popping up every time. >> >> Ken Walsh <ken@nospam.co.uk> wrote on 16-Oct-08 6:46:38 PM in >> comp.security.firewalls >> >> >> Sorry my mistake I went and checked again after reading the replies and >> like an idiot I am (blind as a bat as well) >> yes your right it is SVCHOST.EXE and not sychost.exe >> [unquote] >> >> It would've been be nice if you'd advised this group here as well! > > yes your right but I was only on line for seconds when I sent the post back > to that group not had chance > to do the same to this one (sorry) but your quite right it was a cock up by > me. Sorry my mistake I went > and checked again after reading the replies and like an idiot I am (blind as > a bat as well ;-) > yes your right it is SVCHOST.EXE and not sychost.exe > > but the same question is, valid why do I keep getting it?? Read through here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-svchostexe-and-why-is-it-running/ http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/ http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9865052-12.html Download Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx In any case, you won't harm your operating system if go thru steps as suggested in my response to TMitchel Re: Zone Alarm popup Kayman <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com> 16-Oct-08 7:43:22 AM Good luck :)
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