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To: Kayaker who wrote (23709)	12/8/2001 6:35:08 PM
From: Nazbuster	Respond to of 110655

Many apps have options to check for patches/updates... don't recall that MS Office has that, but it could. Check for viruses too.. MS Word and Excel have macro languages that can permit virus corruption. EDIT: I just checked my ZoneAlarm program list.. Excel is NOT in the list, so my version has never attempted to access the net.

To: Kayaker who wrote (23709)	12/8/2001 7:15:12 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

Kayaker It's nothing to worry about. I've had the same thing happen to me when pasting into Word. Just answer no to the request unless you need to hyperlink to the net. Here's Zonelab's explanation. "When copying and pasting between applications, ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro will often recognize MS Word and/or Excel as requesting access to the Internet or local network. In these instances, answering a "Yes" or "No" at the permissions prompt won't have an effect on your ability to copy and paste. However, if the content has hyperlinks, it will prevent you from using the hyperlinks if the application is not allowed to connect. Furthermore, these applications are not actually accessing the Internet. Their existence in the Programs panel is a feature of ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro's checksum abilities. Future releases of ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro will address this condition differently." tc

To: Kayaker who wrote (23709)	12/11/2001 6:32:58 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

Kayaker As an update to our discussion a couple of days ago I ran across a warning about some unusual apps connecting to the internet. "ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro will often recognize MS Word and/or Excel as requesting access to the Internet" Just beware if the message is Notepad attempting to connect to the Internet.... symantec.com see also.... >>> "Lately I’ve become quite fond of personal firewalls that perform active monitoring of outbound connections, such as ZoneAlarm and Norton Personal Firewall. Again, consider QAZ: it hijacks the NOTEPAD.EXE executable. An infected machine will still run Notepad, but each invocation will make a connection to the Internet. Personal firewalls that monitor outbound connections will raise an alert; seeing a dialog with the notice "Notepad is attempting to connect to the Internet" should arouse anyone’s suspicions." <<< sans.org Sometimes it really is a real warning. tc