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SMS == System Management Server

I'm not talking about SMS on a cell phone.

What is it, what does it do?

Is it kinda like spyware? i.e. your local IT department spying on you?

How do you know it is running, and can you kill the process(es)?

 
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smss - smss.exe - Process Information
Process File: smss or smss.exe
Process Name: Session Manager Subsystem
Description: Application used to start, manage, and delete user sessions or client sessions under Terminal Server.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
System Process: Yes
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A


on a side note:
i think there's another type of program coined SMS that you company can send you install packages and update/patch information

 
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hey.. since we are on this note....
can u answer me this.. can rogers monitor what u do online?
... i know ur thinking the obvious.. ****.. but no,
recently rogers cut me off.. cuz i downloaded too much. (damn bit torrent)....
i did download alot but it was mostly anime's like macross zero (4 different versions of it, gungrave, da capo..etc etc).. basically i downloaded a ton load of this stuff.. to fill my 120 gig HD... and im not like selling it or anything. just like watching anime kick butt over the convential stuff they have here in north america,
anyway.. back to the point, can rogers monitor what i do?.. this is from home.
also, do they have a right?.. i dont really have a web server or ftp. i was just leeching like any cable user does!!
i have been so freaked out. that i have like peer guardian on now. and i keep seeing all these hits on my ip.
hehe.. hopefully this makes sense!!

 
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There's always been talk about this.

But yes, they can, do, and will monitor how MUCH you use, the amount of dynamic bandwidth you use on a regular basis (i.e. somehow you saturate your entire 100kb/s or more bandwidth)...

As to how and/or where you download stuff from, probably not Rogers, but I've heard some smaller ISPs put up a firewall, and/or slow down transfers (if that's possible?!) for stuff going through specific ports. If BitTorrent can switch default ports, set it up to use a non-default port... Other times, like eDonkey (that's what I use), it's been known that ISPs block out the ports totally.

Unless you've been surfing kiddie **** or hate sites, and then they are given a court order to give out your information, there's no real reason for them to know, and/or specifically track, exactly what you're downloading....

 
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rogers can measure the amount of data transferred/bandwidth your account uses...(upload and download)
if you constantly download what they would call "excessive" amounts, i guess they reserved some right to suspend ur account for a few days...

however, i think they should have mailed you or called you.
i've read some posts where people actually got letters that said that if they didn't change their internet transfer behaviour drastically in a couple of days, they would suspend the account... these people were transferring 20gb-60gb per month.

these people claim that if you d/l less than 20gb per month, you shouldn't get any hassle with rogers. but you should call the rogers and ask.