alg.exe

[ian]

i check my running programs regulary and i noticed that i
had IEXPLORER.EXE and alg.exe running. i wasn't surfing
the net so there shouldn't an IEXPLORER.EXE running or
should there? also i assume alg.exe is something to do
with firewalls but i don't have any up and running so can
someone please tell me what this alg.exe really is and
why has it only just appeared when i haven't done
anything differently.

[Andrej Budja [MVP]]

Alg.exe belongs to the services shipped with Windows XP.

You can find it in the services consolu under "Application Layer
Gateway Service". If you don't use firewall bult-in Windows XP then
you can disable this service.

Andrej

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 02:58:57 -0700, "ian"
> wrote:

>i check my running programs regulary and i noticed that i
>had IEXPLORER.EXE and alg.exe running. i wasn't surfing
>the net so there shouldn't an IEXPLORER.EXE running or
>should there? also i assume alg.exe is something to do
>with firewalls but i don't have any up and running so can
>someone please tell me what this alg.exe really is and
>why has it only just appeared when i haven't done
>anything differently.