What is this program that is trying to access the net. ZoneAlarm detecting it.

[statetech]

There's a Windows component that is asking for access to the net and was wondering what it does exactly. ZoneAlarm has it listed as "Services and Controller app" and the file is services.exe.

It's located in C:\WINNT\system32

I always say "no" but just curious whether or not I need to allow this to have access to the net.

 

[TallBill]

OH MY GOSH... I CANT BELIEVE YOU DID THAT!!!!

jk, i have no clue what it is

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

its a generic windows process. don't worry about it. if it doesnt hamper anything to tell it no, then keep telling it no, or tell it to remember.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Actually put "Yes"... when I didn't know what it was and I put "No, it wouldn't let me access some internet based games like Counter-Strike.

-Nore

 

[statetech]

thanks all for their inputs!

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

It is used for DHCP and DNS services among others.

 

[gopunk]

you need this, let it through

 

[Atlantean]

Isn't zonealarm not a very good firewall program? I would suggest blackICE defender. I don't really know much about firewalls but I have been using blackICE for a few months now and it seems to be better than zonealarm to me.

 

[gopunk]

<< Isn't zonealarm not a very good firewall program? I would suggest blackICE defender. I don't really know much about firewalls but I have been using blackICE for a few months now and it seems to be better than zonealarm to me. >>



reverse is true

i dunno if you were being facetious?

 

[Atlantean]

Why do you think zonealarm is better?

 

[Sluggo]

<< Why do you think zonealarm is better? >>



Its free

 

[Atlantean]

<< << Why do you think zonealarm is better? >>



Its free >>


Is that the only reason? and btw blackice was free too (my parents decided I needed it so they went and bought it, who cares its their money)

 

[gopunk]

Is that the only reason? and btw blackice was free too (my parents decided I needed it so they went and bought it, who cares its their money)

http://grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm

 

[Atlantean]

Hmm that webpage is interesting. Thats funny if that was really the responce that blackICE gave them

 

[gopunk]

<< Hmm that webpage is interesting. Thats funny if that was really the responce that blackICE gave them >>



yea steve gibson's grc.com is nice for paranoid freaks like us