On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:21:02 -0700, "Brad n Mich"
<BradnMich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Internet traffic is indicated by firewall, contiuous traffic. Zone alarm
>tells me that the only active program is Generic Host Process for Win 32
>Services (svchost.exe) and if I disable internet access for this program IE
>stops working. Norton antivirus doesn't see any virus's. Is this svchost.exe
>part of Win XP? Is this spyware?
>
>Everything works fine but it seems like alot of traffic.
>
>Concerned
As long as the process is "Svchost.exe", and it is running from
"%SystemRoot%\System32", this is a genuine Windows process. Check carefully and
make sure that it's not "svch0st.exe" or something similar - some malware may
create similarly named modules.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056>
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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