I connect to a wireless router, and I do not share my connection with anyone else. I have Verizon FIOS fiber internet service. After running some setup program of theirs, I noticed an icon (with two computers) appearing in my System tray, that said "Internet Gateway" if you hovered over it. Sometimes it would show "connected", but most of the time it would show "disconnected" (if it showed up at all).Lately, it has been showing up a lot, and showing up as "connected". My performance has also been suffering, so I decided to look more closely at this "Internet Gateway". I tried clicking on "disconnect", but it would not obey. When I clicked "Status", a box appeared showing "Internet" (globe), "My Computer", and "Intenet Gateway" (again, no typo.)I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to let a spelling error like this slip through into production (and never fix it with any Service Packs or Updates), but it would also make me suspect that someone had created a piece of malware that looked like the Internet Gateway, but did bad things and resisted be disabled. Can anyone confirm for me whether this is a legit Microsoft spelling error, or whether I should indeed suspect this process as malware?Thanks,G1 person needs an answerI do too

HiAre you sure that this icon is a genuine Windows icon?It seems to me that it is probably part of the FIOS/Gateway/Router setup programs and has nothing to do with the OS (Microsoft) per-se.Take a clear screen shot of the icon, post the pic on SkyDrive, and link to it so we can see it.SkyDrive, http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET

Hi, Jack,Thanks for responding. Since I posted, I rebooted my computer into Safe mode, and was able to disable the pesky Gateway thing through MSCONFIG. Prior to that, I had run the Windows Live OneCare Safety scanner, and it did NOT find anything it ID'ed as malware. I should've thought to take screen shots before I just 86'ed the thing.It appears (through my reading) that there IS such a thing as the "Windows Internet Gateway", primarily used to let other people use your Internet connection (not applicable in my situation.) Can you tell me which file(s) are associated with that Internet Gateway? I could upload them to SkyDrive, or anyplace else you might suggest, and maybe they could be checked against the "real thing"? I'm a little hesitant to re-enable the accursed "Internet Gateway" that appears on my system, but I could do that for long enough to get screen shots if that's what's needed. I take it you would want to see the System Tray icon, as well as the Status screen I discussed originally?Thanks,G

HiDid you check whether ICS is set as On on your computer?http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/If it is switch it Off. Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET

1. You'd be better off starting a new thread ... the fact that this one is marked as "Answered" will keep many people from looking at it. Ummm, duhhh... what's the proper way for me to do that? Should I ask the question again, and just include a link to this post?2. Re your post last Sunday where you reference the Practically Networked site -- I'm not sure about the misspelling, but if you're seeing "Internet Gateway" in Network Connections, that's just your router via Microsoft UPnP. If you have a UPnP compliant router -- and most are, these days -- and you enable UPnP in the router's configuration utility (often the router's default), and you have the UPnP user interface enabled, you get the "Internet Gateway" icon in Network Connections. You can use the icon to configure the router without using the router's web interface.I don't think I have UPnP enabled for this connection. I'm not seeing the Internet Gateway in Network Connections; only in the System Tray.Thanks for your help and advice, LemP!G

1. You'd be better off starting a new thread ... the fact that this one is marked as "Answered" will keep many people from looking at it. Ummm, duhhh... what's the proper way for me to do that? Should I ask the question again, and just include a link to this post?Yes, that's the way to do it2. Re your post last Sunday where you reference the Practically Networked site -- I'm not sure about the misspelling, but if you're seeing "Internet Gateway" in Network Connections, that's just your router via Microsoft UPnP. If you have a UPnP compliant router -- and most are, these days -- and you enable UPnP in the router's configuration utility (often the router's default), and you have the UPnP user interface enabled, you get the "Internet Gateway" icon in Network Connections. You can use the icon to configure the router without using the router's web interface.I don't think I have UPnP enabled for this connection. I'm not seeing the Internet Gateway in Network Connections; only in the System Tray.Thanks for your help and advice, LemP!GEven if you don't think you have UPnP enabled, you might want to be certain that it is not. When Microsoft first introduced UPnP, several somewhat paranoid folks (including the FBI) asserted that it should be disabled on everyone's machine. Steve Gibson, whom some might say takes things like this a bit too strongly, apparently still agrees 10 years later, and has a simple utility for turning UPnP on and off: http://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm