At 03:48 PM 10/26/01 -0400, Jeff Dougherty wrote the following: >I have a newsletter that I receive each day and every time I go to read it, >Zone Alarm opens and says Rpcss.exe, dist COM service would like to act as a >server. >I always click no, but wondered if this may be spyware, or where this file >may have come from.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) endpoint mapper file. Originally, Windows 9x's winsock service didn't provide RPC, so rpcss.exe was distributed. RPC it is a means by which two programs can call each other's publically available procedures over a network. Found in the DCOM configuration and setup files. You might need to download and re-configure. DCOM98 for Windows 98, version 1.3 http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/relnotes.asp http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/dcom/98/x86/en/dcom98.exe -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
