XP phone home

[nutso fasst]

I opened 'help and support' in WinXP and saw 5 hits to remote locations on
port 80. Three hits were to IPs at Microsoft. Two were to LEVEL3
Communications.

I closed it, opened it again. This time there were two hits. One to
Microsoft. One to UUNET.

I looked on Google, saw a suggestion to turn off search options. Did that.
Opened 'help and support'. Two hits again! One to Microsoft. One to UUNET.

Wassup wit dat, eh?

nf

[The person you think]

"nutso fasst" <no.replies@no.where.net> wrote in message
news:Lozsb.1049$5H1.716@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com ...
> I opened 'help and support' in WinXP and saw 5 hits to remote locations on
> port 80. Three hits were to IPs at Microsoft. Two were to LEVEL3
> Communications.
>
> I closed it, opened it again. This time there were two hits. One to
> Microsoft. One to UUNET.
>
> I looked on Google, saw a suggestion to turn off search options. Did that.
> Opened 'help and support'. Two hits again! One to Microsoft. One to
UUNET.
>
> Wassup wit dat, eh?
>
> nf
>
>

Get free Zone Alarm. Install it to stop that.

[Nate]

Help and Support is just another Web page, produced by XML.

It has a "Did You Know" Section that populates on every launch.

Security Wise, it should be treated like any other Web Page.

Nate

"The person you think" <spamis@the****house.com> wrote in message
news:JpKsb.153$co2.7534@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>
> "nutso fasst" <no.replies@no.where.net> wrote in message
> news:Lozsb.1049$5H1.716@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com ...
> > I opened 'help and support' in WinXP and saw 5 hits to remote locations
on
> > port 80. Three hits were to IPs at Microsoft. Two were to LEVEL3
> > Communications.
> >
> > I closed it, opened it again. This time there were two hits. One to
> > Microsoft. One to UUNET.
> >
> > I looked on Google, saw a suggestion to turn off search options. Did
that.
> > Opened 'help and support'. Two hits again! One to Microsoft. One to
> UUNET.
> >
> > Wassup wit dat, eh?
> >
> > nf
> >
> >
>
> Get free Zone Alarm. Install it to stop that.
>

[The person you think]

What has that to do with anything? Free ZA will block as I said and stop the
problem he perceives.

"Nate" <managers@microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsa2dndSl1_pN4ymi4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> Help and Support is just another Web page, produced by XML.
>
> It has a "Did You Know" Section that populates on every launch.
>
> Security Wise, it should be treated like any other Web Page.
>
> Nate
>
> "The person you think" <spamis@the****house.com> wrote in message
> news:JpKsb.153$co2.7534@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> >
> > "nutso fasst" <no.replies@no.where.net> wrote in message
> > news:Lozsb.1049$5H1.716@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com ...
> > > I opened 'help and support' in WinXP and saw 5 hits to remote
locations
> on
> > > port 80. Three hits were to IPs at Microsoft. Two were to LEVEL3
> > > Communications.
> > >
> > > I closed it, opened it again. This time there were two hits. One to
> > > Microsoft. One to UUNET.
> > >
> > > I looked on Google, saw a suggestion to turn off search options. Did
> that.
> > > Opened 'help and support'. Two hits again! One to Microsoft. One to
> > UUNET.
> > >
> > > Wassup wit dat, eh?
> > >
> > > nf
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Get free Zone Alarm. Install it to stop that.
> >
>
>