zonealarm and svchost program

zonealarm and svchost program

am 21.01.2007 23:10:38 von AndersK

I am using zonealarm on a pc.
each time the pc startw the zonealarm comes with an message "generic
host process want to access the internet."

"the program has not asked before.."

thats the strange part.
Even if i am saying yes and "remember", the next time it shows the
same message.
The "generic host process want to access the internet." is not saved
in the "zonealarm program list" of program that has requested access.

When examine the pc the rootkitrevealer - program shows some files
from zonealarm showing differencies.

Although I am using avg and spybot and spywareblaster and sometimes
uses virus scanners from the web I have not found anything.

Is this something I should take serious and any suggestions what to do
?

Anders K

Re: zonealarm and svchost program

am 22.01.2007 08:52:42 von Volker Birk

AndersK wrote:
> I am using zonealarm on a pc.

Sincere condolences.

> each time the pc startw the zonealarm comes with an message "generic
> host process want to access the internet."
> "the program has not asked before.."
> thats the strange part.

Of this strange message. Better drop Zone Alarm and don't use software,
which confuses you with senseless messages.

If I would hack a malware today, perhaps I would use DCE RPC to
communicate to the outside ;-) Nearly everybody in any "Personal
Firewall" already has clicked on "allow forever" for the most annoying
popups ;-)

Yours,
VB.
--
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to propagate it, and it has very little (if anything at all) to do with sex."
Tina Lorenz