Re: ZA Free and Generic Host Processor

"Wilf" <wilf.wilf@wilf21.com> wrote...

>A couple of times lately, ZA Free has popped up to tell me that Generic
> host Processor "wants to act as a server". I have disallowed this -
> should I have accepted? Why would svchost want to act as a server? I
> presume this means someone or something out there is trying to connect
> to my PC?
> --
> Wilf

Hi,

  I use ZA Pro which has Smart Defense Advisor that auto configures known
good programs. I see that for Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
(svchost.exe), it grants it access to both the trusted and internet zones
and grants server status for trusted zone while it blocks server status for
internet zone and blocks sending of emails. I hope this helps. I'm not sure
if the free version also has "Trust Level" but if it does, it should be
three green bars, the Super Trust level.

Craig
Received on Thu Sep 29 20:11:15 2005