SVCHOST.exe

[MrBishop]

That's three attempts by svchost.exe inbound through tcp blocked by my firewall...in the past 5 mins. Anyone else getting these kinda hits?

 

[Luis G]

No, i authorize it to access the net.
In my case it does DNS and DHCP (or maybe DHCP is done by another one).

 

[MrBishop]

speak to me like I wasn't a computer programmer...which I ain't

 

[Mirlyn]

speak to me like I wasn't a computer programmer...which I ain't

If you're on the computer thats giving you these warnings, you are safe. Don't allow it.

 

[Luis G]

speak to me like I wasn't a computer programmer...which I ain't

svchost is a windows component, it does tasks like renewing your IP or making DNS queries.

renewign your IP: if you suddenly lose connection to your ISP, it tries to get you back online by requesting an IP via DHCP.
DNS: gets the IP from hostnames (like www.otcentral.com), if you oftenly get messages that hosts can't be found is because you are blocking the access of svchost to make DNS queries.