RE: [Sheflug] Blocking cookie traffic

["Chris Johnson" <chris [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The only way you're going to stop those web requests happening, is to
> stop browsing web sites. If these are cropping up while this
> workstation
> is browsing the web, then it's nothing to worry about.
> If this traffic is cropping up while the machine is not in use, then
> that could be a cause for concern.
>
> P.S. svchost is a standard part of windows. It's a process that runs
> services. You don't mention what version of windows this is, but I'm
> going to guess an NT based version, such is Win2k or XP. Check what
> applications run at startup, it could be one of those that is
> requesting
> information from different web sites. Some sort of offline
> cache maybe?
>
Thanks to all those who have enlightened me on this.  Looking back I think
its been me getting overly paranoid about a couple of XP boxes that were
rebooting themselves randomly 2-3 times per day.  I've heard certain viruses
can cause this to happen and as I'm not using the most expensive AV software
(its free, but up to date) I was worried something may have slipped through.
I'm going to suggest that one user tries Knoppix to see if it still reboots
itself (which might then point to a possible hardware/memory issue).  If she
gets on OK with it I'll then see if she wants some flavour of Linux
installing permanently.

Thanks again, maybe see some of you next Tuesday.

Chris


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