application hijack

hi
could anyone tell me what an application hijack is?i had an alert pop up and it was a application hijack.what does this mean?

thanks
Rita

 

Hi Rita

Do you have any more details on the alert and which application generated it?

Regards,

CrazyM

 

hi CrazyM
here are the details:security type-application hijack,severity--info,direction-outgoing,app. name--symantec shared exe,domain-workgroup.it probaly doesnt mean anything i just wondered what it was.i know nothing about port scans etc.thanks so much for replying
rita

 

Ritaann,

Which application are you running that gave this error message?

 

hi Paranoid
it was just an onscreen alert from the firewall.port scan logged so i looked to see the details(in my last post)hope its nothing to worry about.it was blocked by the firewall.thanks for replying
rita

 

The "Severity--Info" suggests that it is not critical but the other parts suggest that the cause was on your system (hijacking outgoing traffic) rather than a port scan. It may be worth checking your firewall documentation for more details and giving your system a scan to be on the safe side.

 

good morning Paranoid
thank you for replying.i will do a scan.if i find anything else--will post back
Rita