SVCHOST.exe

MrBishop

MrBishop

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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?
 
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 said:
speak to me like I wasn't a computer programmer...which I ain't :p
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If you're on the computer thats giving you these warnings, you are safe. Don't allow it.
 
MrBishop said:
speak to me like I wasn't a computer programmer...which I ain't :p
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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.
 
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