Windows 7 - Programs trying to access the internet

Asked By Steve Hayes

21-Nov-09 05:47 AM

I have been having a lot of excess bandwidth usage lately, and I am tryinbg to
find out what is causing it, and what programs should be allowed to access the
Internet, and why.

One that keeps trying is "generic Host Process for Win32 Services"

Does anyone know what that is, and if it is legitimate, and why it needs to
access the internet?

There are also incoming calls for svchost.exe from 169.254.62.23

Whaty business do they have on my computer?



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21-Nov-09 08:38 AM

I use this to see who is dialing in and out:

http://www.arin.net/whois/

https://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=169.254.62.23

Then I do a Ask.com search for the resulting names:

http://www.icann.org/en/about/

http://www.computing.net/answers/security/generic-host-process-for-win32-services/272.html

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JD..

22-Nov-09 12:59 AM

So it is OK to allow it to access the Internet?



Never heard iof it.


Never.

I use NoScript, which blocks video and podcasts too.


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22-Nov-09 11:33 AM

The OP can use Process Explorer to examine the command string given to
svchost by each process.  This string shows what an indivual instance of
svchost is doing.

System is used for processes which must be run with full privileges.  There
is no account name System because these processes are started by the
operating system.  Such processes do not need to login.
NetWork_Service and Local_Servics are used with processes which can be run
will limited privileges, but they do need to login.

Jim