Zonealarm says that it wants access to the internet and wants to act
as a server.  I Googled it and came up with next to nothing.  Any
ideas?

I have cable internet, Windows XP pro, linksys router, compaq p4 2.4
ghz.

Thanks,

Rob

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On 12 Apr 2004 17:06:03 -0700, bertbarndoor@hotmail.com (Rob B) wrote:

>Zonealarm says that it wants access to the internet and wants to act
>as a server.  I Googled it and came up with next to nothing.  Any
>ideas?
>
>I have cable internet, Windows XP pro, linksys router, compaq p4 2.4
>ghz.


Have you opened some of the recent "Aguilerra hardcore" Or "J-Lo
naked" and simillar attachments that flooded the usenet in the last
few days? 

Anyway, if it is what I think it is, it is fairly harmless and easy to
clean. I have never seen syschost.exe, but saw it few times masked as
svshost.exe.

Just stop the suspicious process, do the file search fot that
filename, delete found file (usually it is svshost.exe in
/winnt/system32/  --  or /windows/system32/, depending on your OS),
run Ad-Aware to clean the registry entry and you are set.

Just make sure that you do not delete svchost.exe by mistake, it is
legitimate system process 



--
Luka Vuletic
ICQ: 107081250

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bertbarndoor@hotmail.com (Rob B) wrote in
news:e29ccc85.0404121606.42cdd71c@posting.google.com:

> Zonealarm says that it wants access to the internet and wants to act
> as a server.  I Googled it and came up with next to nothing.  Any
> ideas?
>
> I have cable internet, Windows XP pro, linksys router, compaq p4 2.4
> ghz.
>

Allow SVCHOST.EXE to access the internet, but don't allow it to act as a
server...



--
Kerodo

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"Luka Vuletic" <lvuletic@HARVESTTHIS.sezampro.yu> wrote in message
 news:9cfm70pj6rem7c1t0dihffvt230hc5fuph@
4ax.com...
> On 12 Apr 2004 17:06:03 -0700, bertbarndoor@hotmail.com (Rob B) wrote:
> 
>
>
> Have you opened some of the recent "Aguilerra hardcore" Or "J-Lo
> naked" and simillar attachments that flooded the usenet in the last
> few days? 
>
> Anyway, if it is what I think it is, it is fairly harmless and easy to
> clean. I have never seen syschost.exe, but saw it few times masked as
> svshost.exe.
>
> Just stop the suspicious process, do the file search fot that
> filename, delete found file (usually it is svshost.exe in
> /winnt/system32/  --  or /windows/system32/, depending on your OS),
> run Ad-Aware to clean the registry entry and you are set.
>
> Just make sure that you do not delete svchost.exe by mistake, it is
> legitimate system process 

Even if the OP was somehow able to delete svchost.exe, the O/S would go to
System32/dllcache and put it back.

There are many O/S files that the O/S will put back in their right place, if
somehow, the file was deleted.

Duane 

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Hmm, no, but I did download a suspicious app from kazaa which when I
unzipped turned into about 100 .exe files.  When I ran the one that I
wanted it didn't do anything, or so I thought, and I figured it didn't
work.  I need to adjust my security settings for my own good. 

Thanks,

Rob


> Have you opened some of the recent "Aguilerra hardcore" Or "J-Lo
> naked" and simillar attachments that flooded the usenet in the last
> few days? 
>
> Anyway, if it is what I think it is, it is fairly harmless and easy to
> clean. I have never seen syschost.exe, but saw it few times masked as
> svshost.exe.
>
> Just stop the suspicious process, do the file search fot that
> filename, delete found file (usually it is svshost.exe in
> /winnt/system32/  --  or /windows/system32/, depending on your OS),
> run Ad-Aware to clean the registry entry and you are set.
>
> Just make sure that you do not delete svchost.exe by mistake, it is
> legitimate system process 

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In article <e29ccc85.0404131241.8455321@posting.google.com>,
bertbarndoor@hotmail.com says...
>Hmm, no, but I did download a suspicious app from kazaa which when I
>unzipped turned into about 100 .exe files.  When I ran the one that I
>wanted it didn't do anything, or so I thought, and I figured it didn't
>work.  I need to adjust my security settings for my own good. 
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob
>
> 
>
No, for your own good you should not use kazaa, or most p2p programs.
But if you do get an anti-virus prog that scans p2p programs. But Kazaa
is just full of crap. I know to many machines that got bit by something
using kazaa, not to mention the spyware in their prog that you install
--
Now Go away! Go on - scoot! Shoo!

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i have a process running called syschost.exe and i cant get rid of it or fin
d it on my computer ive run my virus scanner and add aware but found nothing
 not only that i get a message box apear on a non administrator user area, s
aying syschost and somthing about can not copy file

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"kingjay" <kingjay.178tnk@mail.webservertalk.com> wrote in message
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> i have a process running called syschost.exe and i cant get rid of it or
> find it on my computer ive run my virus scanner and add aware but found
> nothing not only that i get a message box apear on a non administrator
> user area, saying syschost and somthing about can not copy file
> --
> kingjay
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check this old thread, also check your firewall at http://scan.sygate.com/
or https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
do not delete svchost.exe that is a windows file.

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