ipconfig.exe???

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don23255

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Just had zonealarm alert telling me ipconfig.exe is trying to access internet. Is this ok and should I allow access?
 
I wouldn't ipconfig.exe tells you and someone else who can access it on your computer to find out your ip address unless a program or you wanted to use it keep blocking it
 
Except IPconfig only tells the local system the localled echoed IP. Ipconfig is perfectly fine -- if anything you should be concerned about what is calling ipconfig.
 
Possibly but it could be anything really .. not many common firewalls give you process-level control so you can track down what applications are launching what other applications.

Of course if yer behind a router, go ahead and let it access. Even if yer not and this is a hostile access attemp, ipconfig isnt the problem -- its the problem calling IPConfig. Ipconfig is not going to "transmit your ip" -- another program will do that (if at all), so block THAT program.
 
If it's a program you have just installed or are expecting to ask for access then accept I think you should accept all time. Except if it's asking for an outside user to access ipconfig
 
Except if it's asking for an outside user to access ipconfig
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Unless you have a pretty neato setup (at which point you wouldnt be asking), outside users dont have access to ipconfig except via a trojan or something (and there are easier ways of doing this).
 
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