To: 2Jedismom
Does McAfee have a firewall? Turn it on.
Also turn your Windows Firewall on...
At this point, I am not sure if it is a popup ad designed to look like messenger, or a real Messenger service message.
If it is a messager service, it is coming in directly from a program random dialing IP addresses and is a real vulnerability, if it only happens at that site, it is a popup ad.
Either way, turn the firewalls on.... if it is a popup ad, then you can stop being freaked out by it.... If it is really a messenger message, they should stop.
9,737 posted on
08/25/2003 11:08:05 AM PDT by
HairOfTheDog
(And whither then? I cannot say)
To: HairOfTheDog
Ok...they are both on.
What does this mean?
"Generic Host Process for Win32 Services v5.1.2600.0", located in "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\svchost.exe", to communicate in a way that was disallowed by the program's filtering rules. The data direction was outbound. The IP protocol type was UDP/IP. The remote port was 666 [Nok Nok (trojan)]. The IP address was (removed by me). The user's response to the alert was to always deny this kind of communication in the future.
What is svchost.exe?
9,741 posted on
08/25/2003 11:29:06 AM PDT by
2Jedismom
(HHD with 4 Chickens)
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