Svchost.exe was blocked by Malwarebytes

[fasihxkhatib]

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???

 

[nikorr]

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/

 

[fasihxkhatib]

Alright, looks like MB is xtra cautious...

 

[fasihxkhatib]

Best answer selected by fasihxkhatib.

 

[fasihxkhatib]

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

 

[nikorr]

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.

 

[nikorr]

Thanx for the vote fasihxkhatib : )

 

[nikorr]

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