Application Layer Gateway Service
Windows Vista Service Details
Description:
Allows 3rd party Internet connection sharing applications to be used. In XP this was required for Windows Firewall I believe, but it does not appear to need it now. If you do not use ICS, disable it, though it will not run anyway
Service Description:
Provides support for 3rd party protocol plug-ins for Internet Connection Sharing.
Consequences of Stopping:
None that I can see so far. Will update.
All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function
Depends on:
None
Required for:
None
Default Settings:
Tweaked Settings:1
1: Use at your own risk. Check descriptions of terms here
Service Information
Service Name: ALG
Process Name:alg.exe
Memory Usage(MB)2:
CPU Usage(%)3:
Running Type:
2: denotes typical memory usage. It may not be indicative of what usage you will see, but it should give you a rough idea. Make a comment below if you see otherwise.
3: denotes typical CPU usage when process is actually active. Many processes are not actively doing anything most of the time. Check running type for more details. All machines are different, so this number may not be indicative of what you will actually see.