Should These Apps Have Internet Access??

[cohenfive]

my network is not working (explained in the networking forum) and i'm going through zone alarm controls to see if there's anything obvious that's messed up and i ran across the following two apps that are set to have internet access. i'm wondering whether these are legit or are some sort of malware:

c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe

described in zone alarm as "run dll as an app"

and

c:\windows\system32\services.exe

described in zone alarm as "services and controls"

am i being paranoid--can't figure out why the network is down..thx.

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Please continue discussing these issues in your other thread that is located in the networking forum.

Thanks,

AnandTech Moderator

 

[xtknight]

rundll32.exe simply permits applications to call functions in libraries via an EXE instead of API calls. It's a legit executable.
services.exe is a host for many official Windows services. You will probably want both to have Internet access.

 

[John]

Uninstall Zone Alarm and your network will probably be functional again. 😛

 

[cohenfive]

Originally posted by: John
Uninstall Zone Alarm and your network will probably be functional again. 😛

are you suggesting a complete uninstall or disabling? i tried disabling but it didn't help. i've had za on this pc for a couple of years....no issues until the past couple of weeks.