Re: sygate blocking unknown appl.

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:29:37 GMT

Tom <not@here.com> wrote in news:vpni305i7aim5qhupjpqu9urcub1raphaq@
4ax.com:

>
> I just installed sygate on my windows xp pro machine.
> I notice every few minutes it blocks "ntoskrnl.exe" from
> connecting to the netwrork. Can ayone tell me what
> this file does and why it is being blocked.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>

NT O/S Kernel

http://www.808multimedia.com/winnt/kernel.

One doesn't block the kernel. One doesn't block svchost.exe either. You
block what's trying to use them , because they are just doing their jobs.

You block svchost.exe if its not running out of the Windows\System32
dirfectory, because it's a trojan

Duane :)