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Hi,
I'm running Windows 2000 and have Zone Alarm Pro as my firewall with Norton
Antivirus in the background. When surfing I sometimes get Zone Alarm
flagging unknown.exe files (sometimes dialers) trying to access the
internet. These are exe files I have never seen before and have never
knowingly downloaded. These seem to download in the background with no
warning and run themselves. This is very alarming. I have all the Windows
critical updates installed and Zone Alarm's security setting set to maximum.
Plus Antivirus never says anything about them so I presume these programs
have not been a virus.
I guess my question is, how can I prevent Windows 2000 from downloading
these programs off the web (presumably inititated by some trigger on a
website) and running them without my say so?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Gareth
I'm running Windows 2000 and have Zone Alarm Pro as my firewall with Norton
Antivirus in the background. When surfing I sometimes get Zone Alarm
flagging unknown.exe files (sometimes dialers) trying to access the
internet. These are exe files I have never seen before and have never
knowingly downloaded. These seem to download in the background with no
warning and run themselves. This is very alarming. I have all the Windows
critical updates installed and Zone Alarm's security setting set to maximum.
Plus Antivirus never says anything about them so I presume these programs
have not been a virus.
I guess my question is, how can I prevent Windows 2000 from downloading
these programs off the web (presumably inititated by some trigger on a
website) and running them without my say so?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Gareth