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mbpark · 05-30-2004, 10:10 AM

Pirate,

What's happening is that you don't have a firewall, and you're getting HIT with a ton of things designed to cause havoc on your system.

Do not pass go, just download Kerio Personal Firewall or Zone Alarm ASAP. Even better, go out and buy a Linksys Cable/DSL router if you have broadband. You're leaving yourself open for many things that are messing with you.

What's happening is that you're leaving things open on the Internet, which is a bad idea, and those things are crashing certain system services that run under SVCHOST.EXE, like internal Windows code (RPC Service).

You're lucky. Most of these virii cause XP to crash hard. Yours just cause 2000 to give you those errors.

Get a darn firewall ASAP!

Mitch

05-30-2004, 10:10 AM	#12
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Dude, get a firewall or a router! Pirate, What's happening is that you don't have a firewall, and you're getting HIT with a ton of things designed to cause havoc on your system. Do not pass go, just download Kerio Personal Firewall or Zone Alarm ASAP. Even better, go out and buy a Linksys Cable/DSL router if you have broadband. You're leaving yourself open for many things that are messing with you. What's happening is that you're leaving things open on the Internet, which is a bad idea, and those things are crashing certain system services that run under SVCHOST.EXE, like internal Windows code (RPC Service). You're lucky. Most of these virii cause XP to crash hard. Yours just cause 2000 to give you those errors. Get a darn firewall ASAP! Mitch