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[johnno]

Hi all,
I am using Comodo firewall on my computer running Win XP SP2 with a 256k broadband internet connection.
I note that svchost.exe makes many attempts to connect to the internet. Comodo considers this activity suspicious??? (see attached screenshot). What is svchost.exe and should I allow it internet access?? I seem to recal seeing somewhere that it is part of the Win operating system?
Thanks,
Johnno

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[Eric Booth]

Here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056

You could easily find this in google
Eric

[neonwizard]

It's OK just check "Remember my answer for this application"

[Rhea509]

Yes Johnno, see reply below posted by Neonwizard on 30th May, 2007.

'svchost.exe is for windows update and other services and WgaTray.exe is a part of Windows Genuine Advantage Notification so both of these are ok they should be set to allow and check the box "remember my answer to this application"'.

Rhea

[johnno]

Thanks for the info.
As indicated in my post I'm double checking before allowing access.
Regards,
Johnno