Re: Programs Want Permission to Access Internet

From: Cooter (bigfoot_7001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:38:03 GMT

I neglected to mention that I ran both Ad-Aware and Spybot, neither of which
found anything. As of this post I am still seeing the problem. Another
program asking permission is Adobe Reader. The programs are not asking if I
want to check for updates, these are requests to access the internet (for
unknown reasons) coming through the alert boxes of ZoneAlarm.

Cooter

"Jared Smith [MVP]" <jaredNOSPAM@jwswebenterprises.com> wrote in message
news:%23aiZYGc6DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I recommend you try Ad-Aware, www.lavasoftusa.com. That program is
> essential for "spyware" programs, which like to call out to the Internet
> without your knowledge and download advertising and such. That program
will
> find and (in most cases) safely eliminate those types of problems. The
fact
> that Norton found a trojan is a big thing, but it's quite probable there's
> more on there than you might think. Run that utility, and let us know if
> you keep having issues. :)
>
> Jared
>
>
> "Cooter" <bigfoot_7001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:nZwTb.35442$F86.3119115@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > About 10 days to two weeks ago a number of programs have started asking
> via
> > the ZoneAlarm alert for permission to access the Internet. These are
> > programs that don't normally access the Internet (example - Windows
> > Explorer, other Windows apps and various Norton apps). I deny access and
> see
> > no ill effects because of it. It generally happens the first time I run
a
> > particular app after starting the computer.
> >
> > Last night a Norton virus scan found but could not repair a trojan named
> > UnkDev which I quarentined. The problem still exists. Is there possibly
a
> > connection? I could find no useful info via a Google search except that
> such
> > a trojan exists, and there is also a system error code by the same name.
> >
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cooter
> >
> >
>
>

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