What does ''Get host by name'' function mean?

[ejr]

I saw the following in my event log today.

Time Module Event User
12/16/2005 9:28:56 AM Update Function: gethostbyname, parameters: , return value: 11001


What does this mean?

[Marcos]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/gethostbyname_2.asp

[ejr]

{QUOTE-> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/gethostbyname_2.asp <-QUOTE}

Can you put that in layman's terms?

Do I have any reason to be concerned?

[Blackspear]

{QUOTE-> Can you put that in layman's terms? <-QUOTE}In layman’s terms it means that Nod32 is unable to connect to the servers to update and it is advising you of such. There are many reasons for this error, such as a Wireless connection still establishing its connection, or a USB Broadband Modem (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=110695&highlight=gethostbyname+11001) still establishing a connection while Nod32 attempts to update...

{QUOTE-> Do I have any reason to be concerned? <-QUOTE}In short, no, so long as Nod32 does actually update (I would need to see further logs to confirm this).

Hope this helps...

Cheers ;D

[ejr]

That makes sense. While I unisntalled and re-installed some other security programs I use (took off Spywareguard, downloaded new version of Spybot and implemented the tea timer), I had my internet activity shut down.

Case closed, thanks.

[Blackspear]

{QUOTE-> Case closed, thanks. <-QUOTE}No worries, and my pleasure.

Cheers ;D