AVG Firewall asking about UDP

Blast · 07-13-2008, 09:17 PM

My dad was looking on a site about something in the stock market when he got blue screen saying there was a stop error message after he blocked a spoolsv.exe. When the stop error screen ended his AVG Firewall came up asking if he wanted to block or allow a spooler subserver app trying to establish a UDP connection. His laptop cannot connect to the internet anymore. Any ideas?

**Cellus** · 07-13-2008, 11:45 PM

If you have a printer hooked up, especially one set up to share with other computers (ie. a network printer), then you want the spooler service to be able to connect.

Blast · 07-14-2008, 08:17 AM

Well, we are at a hotel. And i never have gotten that pop up. But the thing making it suspicious was the blue screen stop error

johnwill · 07-14-2008, 11:07 AM

If you're in a hotel, I can't imagine why the spool service is connecting to the Internet!

Blast · 07-14-2008, 06:23 PM

Well, how do we explain the stop error? Btw, i haven't gotten anything about the spool server.

07-13-2008, 09:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 144 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	AVG Firewall asking about UDP My dad was looking on a site about something in the stock market when he got blue screen saying there was a stop error message after he blocked a spoolsv.exe. When the stop error screen ended his AVG Firewall came up asking if he wanted to block or allow a spooler subserver app trying to establish a UDP connection. His laptop cannot connect to the internet anymore. Any ideas?

07-13-2008, 11:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,633 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	Re: AVG Firewall asking about UDP If you have a printer hooked up, especially one set up to share with other computers (ie. a network printer), then you want the spooler service to be able to connect. __________________ TSF Networking Team HijackThis 5 Step Process Donate!

07-14-2008, 08:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 144 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: AVG Firewall asking about UDP Well, we are at a hotel. And i never have gotten that pop up. But the thing making it suspicious was the blue screen stop error

07-14-2008, 11:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: AVG Firewall asking about UDP If you're in a hotel, I can't imagine why the spool service is connecting to the Internet! __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

07-14-2008, 06:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 144 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: AVG Firewall asking about UDP Well, how do we explain the stop error? Btw, i haven't gotten anything about the spool server.