Re: Ask Windows XP Expert Walter Clayton About Spyware

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:40:12 +1000

You can read the message as
"A program is trying to connect ... "

Not helpful. Need the program name. WSH is a program that hosts other programs. 

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'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.html
"Airman" <Airman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:40EEEB17-EFDA-44BA-B287-2A8F527C6847@microsoft.com...
> I have been using ZoneAlarmPro firewall and from time to time receive an 
> alert: "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host is trying to connect to the 
> internet..." - no information is available...
> so I have been denying access but I wonder if this is an authentic Microsoft 
> Update download - and should be allowing access.
> 
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
> 
> > "The Unknown P" <( mikisiw@msn.com )> wrote in message 
> > news:0EF4534F-3B3F-4C37-B612-7EA4134D7DA1@microsoft.com...
> > > How in God's name do you think this is going to differ from the numerous 
> > > NG's and the posts pertaining to this topic. In short this is not only a 
> > > waste of space but a little redundant as we have been dealing with 
> > > thousands of questions pertaining to spyware\adware for years. If this 
> > > supposed eXPert has anything to add he or she can feel free to answer the 
> > > questions posted in any number of these NG's as the rest of us 
> > > unrecognized or unheralded individuals do. Please don't go out of your way 
> > > for us or the general public. Like any of the people who reply to these 
> > > NG's it is at our conveniance and we certainly don't need your majesty to 
> > > point this out to us. }:~)
> > > -- 
> > > There are three types of people in computing, those that can count and 
> > > those that can't.
> > >
> > 
> > Who dumped in your Cheerio's this morning?. There are any number of non 
> > Microsoft newsgroups on Usenet that you can post your valuable knowledge to. 
> > If you dislike the way that Microsoft wishes to use their groups then 
> > perhaps you should just move on over.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >

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