Re: Unknown download activity in background - how to determine what it is?
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:18:45 -0300, John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
>If you know how to internally stop the Sysinternal Help utilities from
>calling home please post your findings here.
It's not the app itself "phoning home". Clearing the
CodeBaseSearchPath key in the registry (Internet Settings) probably
does the job. But maybe it's not such a good idea after all.
Anyway, if you had taken the time to packet sniff the "phoning home"
instead of letting your PFW drive you paranoid, you would probably
have realized that it's no big deal and that this big scary MS thingy
isn't really spying on you.
>I would also like to hear your advice and solutions as to port monitoring
>and outbound traffic in general on Windows operating systems.
App's like CurrPorts and WireShark come to mind.
>Should users follow your advice and ignore all outbound traffic?
Users should think twice before installing all kinds of stuff. And
they should not let PFW's drive them paranoid. Problem is, neither the
PFW nor the user understands what's happening. I've seen users freak
out about app's "phoning home" to IP address 127.0.0.1
>Should outbound traffic be allowed to outside networks or should it be
>limited to the local network?
That's for the person in charge of the local network to decide.
However, there won't be much inter netting without allowing outbound
traffic.