Application Layer Gateway keeps crashing!!!

This must be the 5th time today this has happened and it's beginning to p*ss me off. I could be trying to upload files via Dreamweaver 8 to one of my web servers, only to be told "The Application Layer Gateway Service has encountered a problem and needs to close". This ultimately requires a reboot and, after already speaking to ESET Technical Support, it's still happening!

The faulting module is "imon.dll" and it's only recently started happening (in the past week or so). I've excluded Dreamweaver.exe from IMON already, but it's still doing it. I don't want to exclude alg.exe as it'll probably leave a hole in my security!

Application Log
Faulting application alg.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module imon.dll, version 2.51.26.0, fault address 0x0000b62b.

System Log
The Application Layer Gateway Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

Any ideas?

 

@EvilDave UK

Did you attempt to rebuild your Winsock and Repair IMON as explained in Blackspears Post? Usually fixes 99%+ of IMON errors.

-Cov

 

Or you can disable Application Layer Gateway Service. I can't remember even one application that requires this Windows Service.

 

^ Agreed. But if you use Windows firewall, you'll have to keep it enabled.

 

I'd give this a try....sounds like something is hosed on the winsock of that rig.
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/WinSock_XP_Fix/winsockxpfix.html

 

Just something to keep in mind - Windows does it's best to identify the responsible component but it's not always correct... I've seen examples where one module errors and causes others to crash but the only ones identified are the ones that crashed first, and not the one responsible.

ALG - 'Provides support for 3rd party protocol plug-ins for Internet Connection Sharing and the Windows Firewall.'

Aparently some ICS applications use it as well but I don't even recall if I've ever come across any firewalls that use it either - they ususally use their own services.

Of course just disabling ALG doesn't explain the cause of the issue but if you're not using it then disabling it should indeed stop the issue as suggested by others already.

Cheers