It's not a good idea to set that to "allow", it should be set to "ASK", since that process in contacted by M$ and a host of others when they have no business doing so. That's how a lot of malicious or at least "questionable" sniffs and probes take place.
I can't see who posted this originally, but whomever you are, don't ever set anything in Sygate (or any FW for that matter) to "Allow" UNLESS you KNOW it is totally benign. For example, it's ok of course to allow OE, IE, and other apps that regularly have to access the net. When in doubt, set it to "Ask" then you can train it properly as time goes by. If this is the update site you're speaking of, what Karl mentioned "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services (svchost.exe)" is one that you have to set to "Ask" then when you go to the site allow it (thanks to the new Windows update site!). But don't ever tell Sygate to always remember the setting because when some malicious places tries to access your PC via that service or access that service, it will be able to do so unimpeded. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Springer" On 15 Jun 2005 at 12:47 -0400, LarryB wrote, at least in part: > Thru the help from others it turned out to be my Sygate > Personal Firewall that was keeping my from solving these > problems. I just need to find what I have to change in Sygate > to fix the condition. What worked for me was to right click on the Sygate Personal Firewall icon in the tray, left click Applications. For Generic Host Process, change Access to Allow. Karl ============= 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 =====================================================
