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  #76  
Old April 14th 04, 06:12 PM
Ratan Maitra
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Default What are these??

Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb) ...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??







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  #77  
Old April 14th 04, 06:13 PM
Ratan Maitra
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Posts: n/a
Default What are these??

Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb) ...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??







  #78  
Old April 14th 04, 07:37 PM
Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)
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Default What are these??

These are not Windows files. You can try right clicking and selecting
properties to see if you can figure out to what they belong. If you have no
viruses or malware installed, they may belong to other applications
installed on your system.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb)
...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??









  #79  
Old April 14th 04, 07:37 PM
Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default What are these??

These are not Windows files. You can try right clicking and selecting
properties to see if you can figure out to what they belong. If you have no
viruses or malware installed, they may belong to other applications
installed on your system.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb)
...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??









  #80  
Old April 14th 04, 07:55 PM
Ratan Maitra
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default What are these??

Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb) ...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??







  #81  
Old April 14th 04, 07:56 PM
Ratan Maitra
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default What are these??

Thanks Mike, but I do mean msthost.exe (817kb) and altsvc.exe (13kb) ...both
located in system32 directory..as correctly mentioned earlier.
I have the latest 4 April NAV update and run the scan regularly...I have
also undergone free online scans of Panda and Trend....but nothing was
detected.
I couldn't get any information about these two processes running in the
background...


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
If you mean alertsvc.exe and mshost.exe, the first thing you need to do

is
make sure your antivirus software is up to date and run a scan.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Ratan Maitra" wrote in message
...
Of late I have noticed msthost.exe and altsvc.exe (both located in
Windows/system32) are
running in the background. .....and msthost tries to connect to the
internet
immediately after logging on..
What are these, any ideas??







 




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