Win32 Services vs. Zone Alarm

[Barryng]

Zone Alarm frequently asks the following question:

"Do you want to allow Generic Host Process for Win32 Services to act as a server?"

What are the risks (and gains), if any, of answering "yes" to this question? I emailed Zone Labs but their very extensive reply never answered the question, it was only a long and complex dissertation on what the Generic Host Process does.

I assume there must be some risk. I always answer "no" and nothing appears to be impaired.

More insight in to this would certainly be appreciated.

 

[Guero]

I had a similar problem. Zone Alarm started asking me everytime I started up if a "" (blank) service could access the internet. My computer started to act erractically after every restart. I removed ZoneAlarm and I went to BlackIce instead. No problems since then.

 

[shadowdr]

more than likely it is safe to answer yes since the app is on your computer.i would suggest installing adaware and running it to disable all spyware before answering yes.