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December 26th, 2005 09:00
Blocked Programs
Hi everyone,
NIS suggests I contact the system vendor for suggestions on which programs to block/unblock. An auto support scan result= the following programs are blocked. Know what some are but not most of them are? Any ideas or suggestions?
-sgtray.exe -mshta.exe -ImpCnt.exe -csrss.exe -MMupdateMgr.exe
-firefox.exe -services.exe -exec.exe -GLB48.tmp -smss.exe
I am a novice computer person and was able to locate only some of these in the Personal Firewall Configurations.
Not sure if this is the correct Forum to address this kind of issue ??
Thanks for any help you could give !
Noviceperson :smileyindifferent:
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osprey4
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December 26th, 2005 11:00
Some of them obviously should not. Firefox is your "IE alternative" browser so blocking it would prevent its use completely.
By the way, the same rationale should be used to determine which programs you should have running in the background or not. For example, MMupdateMgr.exe (MusicMatch update manager) and sgtray.exe (Storage Guard reminder) are unnecessary programs you probably should disable from running routinely in the background.
RoHe
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December 26th, 2005 22:00
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/exec/
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.ohpass.html
sgtray.exe is auto-updater for Sonic Digtal Media (RecordNow). It doesn't have to run at startup. If it does, it'll be constantly bugging you about updates or trying on its own to phone home for them. You should allow it only when you want to check for updates yourself. It's buggy and crashes too.
MMupdateMgr.exe is the similar app for MusicMatch and also doesn't have to run at startup.
Open msconfig and click Startup tab. Uncheck sgtray and MMupdateMgr. That way they won't start at boot up and will only run when/if you need them. But you will have to give them permission to access the web at that point.
XP will give you a warning message about selective startup or diagnostics mode the first time the PC boots after you uncheck these items. Just check the "Don't bug me" box and click OK.
Ron
Message Edited by RoHe on 12-26-200504:36 PM
Message Edited by RoHe on 12-26-2005 04:37 PM