consent.exe

[Pool Hall Ace]

I have a laptop that runs Vista. When I power it up, I get this security message:

Consent UI for administrative . . .

C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe

The application is trying to access the internet. Local address 192.168.1.100 (TCP Port 49164) to 199.7.71.72 (Port 80).

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I can't make heads or tails of this message, and I haven't found Googling to be helpful. Should I allow this, or not? Thank you.

[ChromeFoundry]

1. This is a know Spyware/Malware

Your original file has been replaced by an infected executable.

[Pool Hall Ace]

2. Okay, so how do I fix this?

Sorry to seem dense. :dunce:

[Gore1FL]

4. Do this:

first search for consent.exe. each one you find, right click and look Microsoft details in Properties. If it is there, you are find. Try renaming it to consent.bad if it doesn't have the MS details (for each instance you may find).

Reboot. If you don't notice any problems, do a search on consent.bad and remove them.

[MyNameGoesHere]

5. WOW really bad advice. n/t

[PennDem]

3. Part of Vista UAC

Consent.exe is the UAC command prompt that runs when you try to run an app with elevated privileges.

The IP address 199.7.71.72 maps to VeriSign Global Registry Services.

Link: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/783568.htm
"a number of processes need to contact the internet, this is quite normal and is part of how the internet works. for instance DNS = domain name server, when you type an address of a page into a browser then your computer needs to contact a dns server to resolve the url as an i.p. it is this ip number which your computer then looks up to find the page in question, as for consent.exe, i am not 100% sure about this, but i think that this has to do with getting permissions for various software to get elevated rights to run on your computer, for instance a program like regsupreme may want to do things to the registry, however windows needs to verify whether or not the program has a key held with an authority to permit it to run..
ok, as i said i am not sure about the ins and outs of this however i think i am not too far of the mark here."

"My guess is that the OP is running an application whose executables are signed by a certificate issued by Betrusted, Cybertrust, or one of their relatives (Verisign), and that the system is attempting to validate that certificate. Recall that the text (and colors) used in a UAC challenge window are different depending on whether the requesting executable is or is not validly signed."

Maybe the problem is the UAC, try disabling that by going to control panel, user accounts and family safety, user accounts, turn user account control on or off, uncheck the checkbox and click OK. Reboot.

Your firewall may be blocking it as well.