COM Surrogate Question

[Rainwalker]

After doing a look around i am still uncertain about COM Surrogate/dllhost.
I have been receiving a great many popups lately asking for permission. When I block it everything SEEMS ok.........i know many think it should not be in Vista because of security concerns.......if i permanently not allow it will i in time run into problems as a result ?

[Rainwalker]

I really do need an answer here as these permission asking popups are ongoing.

[OldMX]

If i remember correctly, its caused by conflicting video codecs, mainly nero with divx or something like that.

Try renaming:
NeVideo.ax
NeroVideoProc.ax

To:
NeVideo.ax.Bak
NeroVideoProc.ax.Bak

Restart when done

Hope that helps :D

[Rainwalker]

{QUOTE-> If i remember correctly, its caused by conflicting video codecs, mainly nero with divx or something like that.

Try renaming:
NeVideo.ax
NeroVideoProc.ax

To:
NeVideo.ax.Bak
NeroVideoProc.ax.Bak

Restart when done

Hope that helps :D <-QUOTE}
Yes, i have read that, but no such programs running here.

[GlobalForce]

Have you read through this - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-for-com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-error-in-vista/?

GF

[Rainwalker]

{QUOTE-> Have you read through this - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-for-com-surrogate-has-stopped-working-error-in-vista/?

GF <-QUOTE}
Nope..........not all of it.. till now....i gave it a try.
Thanks GF

[Rainwalker]

Didn't work GF.......rebooted and still getting the popups.
I'm getting the popups pretty much for anything i open or change.

[GlobalForce]

_ista by upgrade or fresh install? Any rootkit detector's, say from gmer.net onboard? Having no idea what's installed read through the following. Short of that you'll either need to hang tight for more suggestion's or determine on your own where the problem lies.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t502040.html

This pdf - wwwdotsymantec.com/avcenter/reference/Windows_Vista_Security_Model_Analysis.pdf
may hold clue's .... your's for the reading.


GF

[Rainwalker]

{QUOTE-> _ista by upgrade or fresh install? Any rootkit detector's, say from gmer.net onboard? Having no idea what's installed read through the following. Short of that you'll either need to hang tight for more suggestion's or determine on your own where the problem lies.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t502040.html

This pdf - wwwdotsymantec.com/avcenter/reference/Windows_Vista_Security_Model_Analysis.pdf
may hold clue's .... your's for the reading.


GF <-QUOTE}
I realized after my post the popups( from a 3rd party HIPS) were most likely happening happening because the HIPS was seeing the action before the OS so i allowed the dllhost stuff and that stopped it..........but i suppose that in of itself would stop the popups .........i have long since scanned with Gmer....
Thanks for the good read.