From: /m 


One of the few things I like about Outpost is that it blocks svchost.exe
upon boot-up.  It also shows the name of the program that is using
svchost.exe as a proxy to do its dirty deeds.

For me, that is a gaping security issue.  All malware has to do is use
svchost.exe for its internet access, and [most] firewalls let it through
unchecked.

 /m


On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:03:59 -0500, Gary Britt
 wrote:

>
>That would be a good test, but I keep the windows update service
>disabled lately and just turn it on when I want to manually update.
>
>I'll have to turn it on and see what happens.
>
>OK, I turned on Auto Updates and gave it a try.  It went right through
>no problems, no popup.
>
>I hate to disable svchost.exe which is what runs the auto updates that
>will cause lots of popups.  What settings or program do you use to block
>it.  My methods has, as I said above, been to just keep the windows
>update service disabled.
>
>Gary
>
>
>/m wrote:
>> I saw that on the other thread.
>>
>> One of my telltales to see is the default settings are too lax: I click
>> on Windows Update, and if I get no warning prompts from the firewall,
>> then the settings are too lax.
>>
>>
>>   /m
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:11:32 -0500, Gary Britt
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> I just started trying Comodo.  I just posted this in another thread.  I
>>> set it manually to its highest alert level, rather than the default.
>>> Here are my very initial opinions.
>>>
>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>> /m wrote:
>>>> Those preconfigured settings are always waaaayyy too lax.
>>>>
>>>>  /m

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