pls forgive dumb question (apache - what & why?)

I was checking my PC's security settings recently and i found under
the Windows XP "Security Center" firewall settings that an exception
was checked off for something called "Apache HTTP server" - i have no
recollection of setting that up or any knowledge of "Apache HTTP
server" so I'm wondering how that got there and if it could be
something nefarious. I'm assuming i can just uncheck that and delete
it - but who knows...perhaps it's really benign and does not represent
a threat and could actually serve some useful purpose. Any advice you
can lend would be greatly appreciated!

On 14/10/2007 in message
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vonsipolje RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

>I was checking my PC's security settings recently and i found under
>the Windows XP "Security Center" firewall settings that an exception
>was checked off for something called "Apache HTTP server" - i have no
>recollection of setting that up or any knowledge of "Apache HTTP
>server" so I'm wondering how that got there and if it could be
>something nefarious. I'm assuming i can just uncheck that and delete
>it - but who knows...perhaps it's really benign and does not represent
>a threat and could actually serve some useful purpose. Any advice you
>can lend would be greatly appreciated!

Apache is the open source HTTP server that drives the Internet, it is
certainly not malware!

I would think it has been installed as part of another application you
use, hard to guess what though, some sort of development program perhaps?

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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
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