Microsoft Network Protection Agent?

Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is in my
"Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech on an issue and
he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but I do not know what it is
and did not enable it.

Any information on it is really appreciated.

Thanks
charliec

That should be listed as "Microsoft Network Access Protection Agent" - Sorry.
charliec

On Thu, 07 May 2015 12:42:11 -0700, wrote:

Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is in my
"Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech on an issue and
he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but I do not know what it is
and did not enable it.

Any information on it is really appreciated.

Thanks
charliec

On Thu, 07 May 2015 16:13:41 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 20:02:50 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 12:42:11 -0700, wrote:

Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is in my
"Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech on an issue and
he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but I do not know what it is
and did not enable it.

Any information on it is really appreciated.


Network Access Protection Agent (napagent) service details

Service name: napagent

Description: The Network Access Protection (NAP) agent service collects and
manages health information for client computers on a network. Information
collected by NAP agent is used to make sure that the client computer has the
required software and settings. If a client computer is not compliant with
health policy, it can be provided with restricted network access until its
configuration is updated. Depending on the configuration of health policy,
client computers might be automatically updated so that users quickly regain
full network access without having to manually update their computer.

Path to executable: C:\windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService

Startup type: Manual


I would set the service to startup type = manual

Agreed, but to me the bigger question is, what the heck was a "Yahoo tech"
doing rummaging around on someone's system? ;-)

I think it was a sales of paid support try! I have "My Yahoo" the customized
page as my Home Page. The past few days, it is not loading. I was trying to
get help from them to resolve the problem and allowed the Tech to look at my
computer. I finally disconnected him as he was more into selling a paid support
subscription the solving the problem I called about.

But was wondering about this item - and the value it provides. And whether it
is safe to run.

On Thu, 07 May 2015 21:41:15 +0000, Stormin' Norman wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 14:29:27 -0700, wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 16:13:41 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 20:02:50 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2015 12:42:11 -0700, wrote:

Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is in my
"Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech on an issue and
he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but I do not know what it is
and did not enable it.

Any information on it is really appreciated.


Network Access Protection Agent (napagent) service details

Service name: napagent

Description: The Network Access Protection (NAP) agent service collects and
manages health information for client computers on a network. Information
collected by NAP agent is used to make sure that the client computer has the
required software and settings. If a client computer is not compliant with
health policy, it can be provided with restricted network access until its
configuration is updated. Depending on the configuration of health policy,
client computers might be automatically updated so that users quickly regain
full network access without having to manually update their computer.

Path to executable: C:\windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService

Startup type: Manual


I would set the service to startup type = manual

Agreed, but to me the bigger question is, what the heck was a "Yahoo tech"
doing rummaging around on someone's system? ;-)

I think it was a sales of paid support try! I have "My Yahoo" the customized
page as my Home Page. The past few days, it is not loading. I was trying to
get help from them to resolve the problem and allowed the Tech to look at my
computer. I finally disconnected him as he was more into selling a paid support
subscription the solving the problem I called about.

But was wondering about this item - and the value it provides. And whether it
is safe to run.

Perfectly safe to set to manual.

You might download and do a full scan with Malwarebytes if you are having
difficulty with loading your home page.

Thanks - if it set for manual - does it do anything or just sits there same as
disabled functions? Just trying to figure it out. Thanks again.

I have Malwarebytes current paid version. I do not use it for Live Protection -
I have Norton Antivirus current paid version for that. I use Malwarebytes to
perform manually started scans. I was/am a bit concerned about running 2 Live
Protection at the same time.

When I run the manual scans (ensuring I have the latest updates for it), it is
really not finding anything (yet!).

Another subject - what is a good cleanup program for the PC that can ID treats,
but allow you to determine what to do with them. I read up on some and they
make all the decisions for you and I'm wondering how safe that is?

Thanks again
charliec

On 07 May 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

I think it was a sales of paid support try! I have "My Yahoo" the
customized page as my Home Page. The past few days, it is not
loading. I was trying to get help from them to resolve the
problem and allowed the Tech to look at my computer. I finally
disconnected him as he was more into selling a paid support
subscription the solving the problem I called about.

I know that Yahoo has a for-pay email service, but I wasn't aware that
they had a paid "support subscription". Are you sure this was legit?
Did they contact you or did you you contact them, and how? It sounds
suspiciously like those bogus cold calls claiming to be from
"Microsoft" and who then try to convince you that you have viruses and
you should pay them to remove them.

But was wondering about this item - and the value it provides.
And whether it is safe to run.

I'm still wondering about that. The official description of the service
is most unenlightening.

On Thu, 07 May 2015 18:57:21 -0400, Nil wrote:

On 07 May 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

I think it was a sales of paid support try! I have "My Yahoo" the
customized page as my Home Page. The past few days, it is not
loading. I was trying to get help from them to resolve the
problem and allowed the Tech to look at my computer. I finally
disconnected him as he was more into selling a paid support
subscription the solving the problem I called about.

I know that Yahoo has a for-pay email service, but I wasn't aware that
they had a paid "support subscription". Are you sure this was legit?
Did they contact you or did you you contact them, and how? It sounds
suspiciously like those bogus cold calls claiming to be from
"Microsoft" and who then try to convince you that you have viruses and
you should pay them to remove them.

I called the number provided on the Yahoo.com site. But, your point is well
taken. I did not take the paid support and did not allow any removals.


But was wondering about this item - and the value it provides.
And whether it is safe to run.

I'm still wondering about that. The official description of the service
is most unenlightening.

On 07 May 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

Another subject - what is a good cleanup program for the PC that
can ID treats, but allow you to determine what to do with them. I
read up on some and they make all the decisions for you and I'm
wondering how safe that is?

Ccleaner is good and safe. You can review any changes it proposes and
decline them if you want.

On 07 May 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

I called the number provided on the Yahoo.com site. But, your
point is well taken. I did not take the paid support and did not
allow any removals.

I have a friend who got one of those bogus Microsoft calls. He fell for
their line and started to allow them to remote control his computer.
Fortunately, his suspicions got the better of him and he disconnected
the caller. He then decided to contact Microsoft to see if the caller
was legitimate. He Googled for their number and called the first number
that came up in the search... which turned out to be yet another
scammer similar to the first. So he nearly got burned twice in quick
succession - once initiated by them, once initiated by himself.

It's a jungle out there.

wrote:
Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is in my
"Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech on an issue and
he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but I do not know what it is
and did not enable it.

Any information on it is really appreciated.

Thanks
charliec

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Access_Protection

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If you're not "Corporate/Domain", probably not relevant to what you do.

Paul

charliec wrote:

Anyone know what the "Microsoft Network Protection Agent" is? It is
in my "Services.msc" but is disabled. I was working with Yahoo Tech
on an issue and he saw that was disabled and wanted to enable it, but
I do not know what it is and did not enable it.

Some description is already provided in the service definition. In
services.msc, look at the properties of the NAP service to read its
description. Obviously such descriptions are not meant to be an
exhaustive instruction guide.

You can find a whitepaper and webcast at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/921070