Re: Windows Explorer Search tries to contact Microsoft
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:14:39 +0100
John
Could it be the Windows Error Reporting service trying to send a report from Event Viewer to Microsoft? Have you checked Event viewer?
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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John Corliss wrote:
I'll try this again. I tried posting a similar message earlier, but it
didn't propagate.
I'm using XP Home SP3 fully updated with all security patches etc.
Whenever I try to use Search within Windows Explorer (note that I did
NOT say INTERNET Explorer, I said WINDOWS Explorer!), my firewall pops
up the following alert:
"'Windows Explorer' from your computer wants to connect to
65.55.11.179, port 80"
I did a WHOIS on that IP address and here are the results:
_____________________________________________________________________________
OrgName: Microsoft Corp
OrgID: MSFT
Address: One Microsoft Way
City: Redmond
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98052
Country: US
NetRange: 65.52.0.0 - 65.55.255.255
CIDR: 65.52.0.0/14
NetName: MICROSOFT-1BLK
NetHandle: NET-65-52-0-0-1
Parent: NET-65-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: NS1.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS5.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS2.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS3.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS4.MSFT.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 2001-02-14
Updated: 2004-12-09
RTechHandle: ZM23-ARIN
RTechName: Microsoft Corporation
RTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
RTechEmail: noc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE231-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
OrgAbuseHandle: HOTMA-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Hotmail Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx
OrgAbuseHandle: MSNAB-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: MSN ABUSE
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@xxxxxxx
OrgNOCHandle: ZM23-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Microsoft Corporation
OrgNOCPhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgNOCEmail: noc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
OrgTechHandle: MSFTP-ARIN
OrgTechName: MSFT-POC
OrgTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgTechEmail: iprrms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2009-08-30 20:00
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
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What *possible* reason could there be for Windows Explorer or Search
needing to contact any server, much less Microsoft itself, whatsoever?
Note that I was only trying to find a file on my hard drive.
TIA.
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