I CAN'T TRUST MY FRIEND ANYMORE

I bought a ZX SPECTUM about twenty years ago,--lots of fun--loads of late
nights--play games--learn some BASIC programming--dabble with MACHINE
CODE --exellent
Played about with computers through the years--great playing with
PHOTOSHOP--spreadsheets in EXEL and loads of other stuff
Bought a WINDOWS XP machine a year or so ago --lots of fun for a while --use
some of the stuff I've learned years ago --for fun -- help other
people --do a few work related things--BLISS
ah ah---I realise that this machine is part mine, but there are b*******s
out there who want to interfere with all of this

So how do I slow them down?
I've got an Antivirus, a Firewall , but from what I can tell that's like
shutting all the windows and leaving the door wide open (P.S. I know the
door can't actually be locked)
Anyway; the reason I'm posting to this group is that I would like some help
with sorting out the basics
So; just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.
etc.
Is there a database anywhere that would tell me what all these things are
(similarily for programs)
The FIREWALL really needs a lot of information and at the moment I havn't
got a clue how to help it

cheers
bj

bj

I found this once.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm

Jon

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 01:22:57 -0000, bj
<> wrote:

> I bought a ZX SPECTUM about twenty years ago,--lots of fun--loads of late
> nights--play games--learn some BASIC programming--dabble with MACHINE
> CODE --exellent
> Played about with computers through the years--great playing with
> PHOTOSHOP--spreadsheets in EXEL and loads of other stuff
> Bought a WINDOWS XP machine a year or so ago --lots of fun for a while
> --use
> some of the stuff I've learned years ago --for fun -- help other
> people --do a few work related things--BLISS
> ah ah---I realise that this machine is part mine, but there are b*******s
> out there who want to interfere with all of this
>
> So how do I slow them down?
> I've got an Antivirus, a Firewall , but from what I can tell that's like
> shutting all the windows and leaving the door wide open (P.S. I know the
> door can't actually be locked)
> Anyway; the reason I'm posting to this group is that I would like some
> help
> with sorting out the basics
> So; just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
> Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
> There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
> Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.
> etc.
> Is there a database anywhere that would tell me what all these things are
> (similarily for programs)
> The FIREWALL really needs a lot of information and at the moment I havn't
> got a clue how to help it
>
> cheers
> bj
>
>

Jon Leirdal

bj wrote:
just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
> Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
> There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
> Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.
> etc.
> Is there a database anywhere that would tell me what all these things are


That's another thing I hate about Windows- runs god-knows-what without
you even knowing it. How the hell can anyone say that is secure???


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I used these two places when I went through my services and programs.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/alerter.htm

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup...artup_full.htm

collieplace@north.wis

Hi BJ

> So how do I slow them down?

The main key to safe computing, and "internetting", nowadays, is the propper
user behaviour, Firewall's and Antivirus software comes 2nd, as an extra
security, capable of "bailing" you out, in the case of an emergency.

Why not give, Lavasoft Ad-aware, a shot, it is made for, and are very good
at, removing Add & Spyware kinds of software.

I guess your firewall is something like the "ZoneAlarm", or "Norton's
Firewall", and yes, this kind of "protection" require some user
configuration, most important, you have to know what you are doing, when
allowing a program to access the internet, - and in this case, an old
grammar rule, by my english teacher, comes in to be handy, "If in doubt,
leave it without", back then, it was about the english way of using comma's.
If you have ever opend a Danish novel or magazine, you sure know what i
mean. It's just like, "Better safe than sorry".

About the processes you are mentioning, OSA.exe is, or at least should be, a
part of the Microsoft Office package. I hope you mean SVCHost.exe, this is a
part of the Windows service system, and is usually running in at least a few
instances, LSASS.exe should be okay two, I don't know the last 3,
E-SIOTC2.EXE, SOINTGR.EXE, and waudt.exe, could be a part of something
usefull.

I guess you just need to study a bit, and in a few weeks, then you master
the Firewall two, just like you did with that ole ZX.

Regards

Per Pedersen

PS: Please bare with bad grammar and typos.

Per Pedersen

Thank you all for your help it's all been very usefull
"bj" <> wrote in message
news:boes5c$psu$...
> I bought a ZX SPECTRUM about twenty years ago,--lots of fun--loads of late
> nights--play games--learn some BASIC programming--dabble with MACHINE
> CODE --exellent
> Played about with computers through the years--great playing with
> PHOTOSHOP--spreadsheets in EXEL and loads of other stuff
> Bought a WINDOWS XP machine a year or so ago --lots of fun for a
while --use
> some of the stuff I've learned years ago --for fun -- help other
> people --do a few work related things--BLISS
> ah ah---I realise that this machine is part mine, but there are b*******s
> out there who want to interfere with all of this
>
> So how do I slow them down?
> I've got an Antivirus, a Firewall , but from what I can tell that's like
> shutting all the windows and leaving the door wide open (P.S. I know the
> door can't actually be locked)
> Anyway; the reason I'm posting to this group is that I would like some
help
> with sorting out the basics
> So; just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
> Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
> There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
> Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.
> etc.
> Is there a database anywhere that would tell me what all these things are
> (similarily for programs)
> The FIREWALL really needs a lot of information and at the moment I havn't
> got a clue how to help it
>
> cheers
> bj
>
>

bj

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, "bj"
<> wrote:

> So; just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
> Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
> There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
> Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.

Try firing this up:

http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html

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