Zone Alarm FW blocking Generic Host Process

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Open ZA Control Centre by R/clicking systray icon. Go to Program control and
scroll down to "Generic host Process... " If ZA is blocking it then you
should see red "X"s. Click on the X and then click "Allow". Mine has the
first 3 of the 4 ticked and all seems to be going well. It is part of the XP
operating system.

HTH

Colin.

"Hoa" wrote:

> Hello all,
> Zone Alarm FW is blocking Generic Host Process for Win32 Services on my XP
> Home machine. What are these services? If they are benign, how do I get ZA
> to allow these services to enter my machine?
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> --
> Hoa
> anonymous@discussions.mykrosof.com.invld.
>
> "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
> Benjamin Franklin
>
>
>

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It is a normal process, to enable it, right click on the ZA
icon in the system tray and select Restore Zone Alarm
Control Center. When the Window open, go to the Program
Control link on the left side. Then click on the programs
tab. You can enable or disable any program there.
But just to note, it is blocking because you said it should
be blocked and you must have put a check mark in the box to
"remember" the setting. However you can undo that on the
program control page.

If you are clean, no viruses or Trojans, you can safely do
this, because ZA monitors the status of the programs when
they try to connect to the Internet and if the program is
changed or even just updated, ZA will detect that change and
ask again for permission. So, if you have made a change,
then you can approve the changed connection, but if you
didn't make the change, then deny the connection and if all
works OK, then it wasn't essential. If you didn't just
install the program or recognize the name, it could be a
Trojan or virus, so a scan would be a good idea.


--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"Hoa" <leth5591@REMOVE_456CAPSgmail.com.invalid> wrote in
message news JhiehysEHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Hello all,
| Zone Alarm FW is blocking Generic Host Process for Win32
Services on my XP
| Home machine. What are these services? If they are
benign, how do I get ZA
| to allow these services to enter my machine?
| Thanks a lot for your help.
|
| --
| Hoa
| anonymous@discussions.mykrosof.com.invld.
|
| "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be
happy"
| Benjamin Franklin
|
|

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

That is a legitimate Windows file. In Zone Alarm go to your Programs
tab and locate Generic Host Process for Win32 Services. On the
"access" area right click and select allow for internet and local. I
do not give it server rights (they are blocked). Hope this helps.

Sincerely, Libra

Hoa Wrote:
> Hello all,
> Zone Alarm FW is blocking Generic Host Process for Win32 Services on my
> XP
> Home machine. What are these services? If they are benign, how do I
> get ZA
> to allow these services to enter my machine?
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> --
> Hoa
> anonymous@discussions.mykrosof.com.invld.
>
> "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
> Benjamin Franklin


--
Libra