Re: Generic host svchost asks for internet access?

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Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am setting up a new installation of Zone Alarm in a XP PC.

I received an alert saying:

"Generic Host Process for Win32 Services wants to accept
connections from the internet.
Application Svchost.exe
Source IP: 207.46.232.189: Port 123"

I do not recognize this IP. Is this something I should allow?

Thanks.

Jeff

It depends, do trust Microsoft?

Running tracert from a command prompt shows that IP as being
time.windows.com.

Here's some more info on that IP address:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=207.46.232.189&cache=off

Here's an explanation about port 123.
http://www.seifried.org/security/ports/0/123.html

Bottom line, it sounds like Zone Alarm is asking if you want to
allow Microsoft's time server to connect to your computer to
synchronize the time.

I don't have Zone Alarm installed on any of my computers so I
can't really test this but I did try the following:

Configure firewall to block Generic Host Process for Win32
Services/svchost.exe.
Go to Control Panel and double click Date and Time.
Click on Internet Time tab.
Hit the Update Now button.
Message displayed reads "An error occurred while Windows was
synchronizing with time.windows.com. The peer is unreachable".
Configure firewall to allow Generic Host Process for Win32
Services/svchost.exe.
Go back and hit Update Now button and time is successfully
synchronized.

What you've encountered is one of the reasons I don't use Zone
Alarm, too many cryptic questions. If you haven't done so
already, you might want to post your question here:

Zone Labs User Forums
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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