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What Is Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
DCOM is a rarely used Windows service that allows someone to control programs on another computer. There have been several patches from Microsoft to fix security holes in DCOM, and several major Internet Worms have taken advantage of these security holes in the past. Since this feature is rarely used, it can be turned off to completely avoid any current or future security holes found in DCOM. It is possible that disabling DCOM could cause some programs to not work right. If you have problems with any programs, you can re-enable it here too.
This affects all versions of Windows.
Bottom Line: DCOM is a rarely used Windows feature that has several security holes. It is recommended that you do disable DCOM. |