is it safe ?

[Guest]

Hi there,

I just got my computer back on line after a Panda Software trial messed up
my PC for last week (XP Home)...Anyway...My Norton internet Security 2002
(although its out of date) ask me if I should permit acces to the internet
for this :-C:/WINDOWS/system32/svchost.exe is this safe to permit ?

Also for some reason I am now reading Newsgroups in smaller text than usual
and I`ve noticed this in Windows Security Centre too ? Whats that all about ?

Please help me...

Caroline Thom

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You can read about svchost.exe here:

"A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056

 

[Guest]

hi i`ll have a look at that will - thanks once again for coming to my rescue
!!!


Caroline
xx

 

[Guest]

Hi will,

I read the article but I couldn't really tell or understand if this means
that it is safe or not ???

I`ll let it access net - it didn't say it was unsafe ?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Yes, it is safe to allow svchost.exe access to the Internet.