Re: System32

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 02/29/04


Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:31:12 -0800

Tony Pickering wrote:

> Sometimes when I boot my Pc I get the following McAfee
> Firewall Communication Alert: A Program has tried to
> access the Internet.
> Name: Application Layer Gateway Service v5.1.2
> Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\alg.exe
> So far I have denied access because I don't know what it
> is.
> Should I allow it to connect. It may be a system update
>
> Tony

A quick Google for "alg.exe" brought up a lot of useful links. Here's
one that should be good for you:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,654619,00.asp

Malke

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