Kerio Firewall

Help, I think I need REAL protection

[Shane]

I have noticed a couple of things that are concerning me. When I reboot there is a blank little box on the task bar. When I click it, it disappears. When I dialup Kerio Firewall shows activity sending and receiving and the computer slows down but the lights on the pysdo modem on the task bar at the bottom right does not light up.

Does anyone know, does Kerio "phone home" with information about you?

Might I have spyware running some where in my system? I have a task manger but I can not track down anything which might be doing this semi-covert transmitting.

Thanks,
Shane

[bcolflesh]

Keiro doesn't "phone home" - download SpyBot, run the updater, then scan your machine:

safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

[Fiver]

you could try running diamondcs port explorer. it maps ports to processes for you. quite handy, got it from download.com

[Shane]

Hmmmm, does anyone know why Kerio Firewall is sending and receiving when there is no activity?

Somewhat concerning .....

..... Shane

[bcolflesh]

It's doubful Kerio Firewall is doing anything except reacting to normal network traffic - RPC pings, DHCP packets, etc...

[Shane]

I hadn't thought of it reacting. When someone Pings though would it not ask if they can "connect"?

..... Shane

[bcolflesh]

The default rulesets allow what is currently considered to be normal internet protocol interaction - all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes to keep you connected and resolving addresses - trust me, you don't want the "prompt" behavior for every ping your machine receives.