Re: Why would Windows Explorer try to access the internet??

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:23:41 -0700

andy wrote:

> Whenever I start my computer I get a message from my
> firewall that Windows Explorer has changed since my last
> startup and that it is trying to contact IP 224.0.0.22
>
> the path on my system is C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
>
> looking up the IP shows that it is for:IGMP.MCAST.NET
>
> Any explaination would be appreciated.
>
> Andy

What does a scan with a current antivirus program (meaning a version not
earlier than 2003 using updated virus definitions) show? What do your
firewall logs show?

Malke 

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