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[Solved] Svchost.exe was blocked by Malwarebytes

Forum Applications : Security, Utilities, Anti-Malware [Solved] Svchost.exe was blocked by Malwarebytes

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I recently installed malwarebytes anti-malware and it runs in background.
Today it popped a balloon showing that it successfully blocked a connection to a potentially harmful site. Type: incoming and Process: svchost.exe
Now, that is a system process.
How can that connect to a potentially harmful site???

Reply to fasihxkhatib

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MB is little paranoid, about blocked websites. U can use Process Explorer to identify the process. It is safe process required to run.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_process_explorer/

Reply to Nikorr

Alright, looks like MB is xtra cautious...

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Best answer selected by fasihxkhatib.

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hey now it is showing that it blocked a connection by iexplorer (internet explorer) wth....

Reply to fasihxkhatib

Yeah, it is doing all day every day : ) Some websites get on the list of 'not good' sites.

It showed me once yahoo/sport/nhl.com as one of them : )

I use it as a scanner, it is not running all the time.

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Thanx for the vote fasihxkhatib : )

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