vsmon.exe

[tomyrush]

I run win2000pro, with all service packs applied.

I recently noticed that "vsmon.exe" has become the second most active process on my system - after seti@home. I've been trying to find out what "vsmon.exe" does and have been unsuccessful. Can anyone explain what that process is?

As a secondary question, how does one find out what these processes do and what they are responsible for?

Tom

[efc]

Your problem has been around a while. I believe that the following links can solve it:

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q4/0131.html

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,200671~root=comp.security.firewalls~mode=flat

http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5HP0C0K35S.html

Good luck and ............

[phishhead]

vsmon.exe is the main component for zonealarm check out the sites efc gave you...or you can just go with sygate ;)

[tomyrush]

Thanks - I blew away ZA and the internet logs directory contnents and everything appears back to normal. My system had really been dragging for the last few days.

Tom

[Richard]

Zonealarm is one of the most incompatible programs around, despites its good intentions, it is very bugged

Try

Sygate Personal Firewall

http://www.sygate.com

Its free and extremely stable/featured