What is nginx and why is on my laptop?
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I usually have my laptop on at work running all day whether I use it or not. Today the LAN guy comes by and says that my laptop’s IP is producing something to do with nginx and it’s making the big LAN guys nervous up top.
So I’ve been trying to find what the heck nginx is… and it seems as though it is a web server, like apache. I don’t now why it is on my laptop. I have Vista Home Premium on my laptop and it sure as heck doesn’t need a web server running on there.
Google has nothing much about nginx as to do with windows. Perhaps one of the applications I recently downloaded, and run, has this attached to it? The big LAN guys flag it as spam or adware or malware. It can be malicious, I guess, and it doesn’t have to be. I’m running virus scanners and adaware on my laptop now, to see if they pick anything up.
If anyone know how I can remove this from my laptop, please let me know!
You’ve probably got some software that uses this as part of itself or a virus. If you don’t pick up anything with virus scanners and don’t really experience any weirdness on your computer (popups, internet usage when you’re not using it, etc) then it’s probably just some software that uses is.
Just make sure you’ve got a decent firewall. The Vista one works but still isn’t that great. I’d recommend the ZoneAlarm free edition. Then you can see if and when it’s trying to use the internet.
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You've probably got some software that uses this as part of itself or a virus. If you don't pick up anything with virus scanners and don't really experience any weirdness on your computer (popups, internet usage when you're not using it, etc) then it's probably just some software that uses is.
Just make sure you've got a decent firewall. The Vista one works but still isn't that great. I'd recommend the ZoneAlarm free edition. Then you can see if and when it's trying to use the internet. <em>dew's last blog post..<a href='http://www.dewknight.com/2008/04/03/make-your-own...rel="nofollow">Make your own Chroma Key Wall</a></em>
Thanks for your comment Dew. I will get zonealarm. I have heard good things about it. I do run Avast as my virus scanner, AdAware as my adware scanner, and Spybot too.
I need to get it off my machine, whether it’s attached to a virus or a program, as my work will hassle me if I don’t, and I don’t want to get in trouble at work!
Thanks for your comment Dew. I will get zonealarm. I have heard good things about it. I do run Avast as my virus scanner, AdAware as my adware scanner, and Spybot too.
I need to get it off my machine, whether it's attached to a virus or a program, as my work will hassle me if I don't, and I don't want to get in trouble at work!