NTOSKRNL Accesses the Internet
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Why? I just installed Sygate Pro 5.0 and it immediately announced that ntoskrnl.exe is trying to connect to the Internet. It's only one of several processes making the attempt, but I can't imagine why the kernel needs access every minute or two to somewhere on the 'net. Does anyone know what it's doing? "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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Why? I just installed Sygate Pro 5.0 and it immediately announced that ntoskrnl.exe is trying to connect to the Internet. It's only one of several processes making the attempt, but I can't imagine why the kernel needs access every minute or two to somewhere on the 'net. Does anyone know what it's doing? "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
It may just be a normal network broadcast, the pc is 'announcing itself' to the network, maybe... Does Sygate report the local port and the remote ip and port ?
Clones are people two.
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It may just be a normal network broadcast, the pc is 'announcing itself' to the network, maybe... Does Sygate report the local port and the remote ip and port ?
Clones are people two.
It seems to be just the normal NetBIOS announcements. I expected that to be in a separate service, but ntoskrnl is the source reported. It would be so nice to have a reference to the functions that all these various processes in Windows perform, and why they're needed... "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom