Re: system information being sent to Microsoft

From: Debra Earle (theboss@intranet-works.com)
Date: 07/19/02 

Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:16:29 -0700
From: Debra Earle <theboss@intranet-works.com>

As Bill told you, it is probably Windows Update; disable the automatic
updates, and it will likely stop.

Also use the firewall to determine what app is trying to connect out.

It appears to ME, however, that this is the Messenger service checking
your Hotmail account, since the address corresponds to Hotmail and not to
an MS tech-support-related server. So ... do you have a hotmail account?
Do you have Messenger enabled or are you otherwise checking for new mail
when Windows starts?

-- DE

David Taylor wrote:
>
> I disabled error reporting but still get the message from
> Norton Firewall every time I start my computer.
> Apparently it still wants to send information to
> Microsoft.
> Dave Taylor
> >-----Original Message-----
> >1. When you send an error report to Microsoft, this does
> not fix your
> >problem. If Microsoft gets many reports of the same
> problem from different
> >users, it will put out a fix for it (you can get these
> fixes from
> >http://Windowsupdate.microsoft.com)
> >
> >2. If you want to disable error reporting, right-click
> on My Computer and
> >choose properties. Click on the advanced tab. Click
> Error Reporting. Choose
> >disable error reporting and click OK.
> >
> >--
> >Kevin
> >Please reply to newsgroup
> >
> >"David Taylor" <dbtaylor@attbi.com> wrote in message
> >news:1796f01c22e84$8952c920$a4e62ecf@tkmsftngxa06...
> >> Several months ago a message flashed on my screen
> stating
> >> that Microsoft had detected a problem with my computer.
> >> It asked if I wanted to send the information to
> >> Microsoft. I clicked yes and thought that was the end
> of
> >> it. Since then everytime I turn on the computer Norton
> >> Firewall blocks two attempts to send information to
> >> computer #64.4.13.17. According to ARIN Whois this is
> a
> >> Microsoft computer. Apparently Microsoft installed a
> >> program into my computer that sends them information
> on a
> >> continuous basis. I would like to remove the program
> >> they installed but do not know where to find it.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

-- DE

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