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  • clusters
    V.I.P. Member
    • Mar 2015
    • 8247

    #1

    MSNBOT always connected

    HP Pavilion desktop running Windows 8.1, doing a netstat check I discovered this:

    TCP xx.xx.xx.xxx:49182 msnbot-65-52-108-227:https ESTABLISHED

    This connection is always there, 24/7. Web search doesn't show much, anyone know WTF this is and how to shut it down?

    I already disabled the Win10 update BS, maybe this is a remnant?

    Nor sure when this appeared, but it wasn't there last time I checked, which was probably a month ago.
    Last edited by clusters; 4 September, 2015, 08:34.
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  • clusters
    V.I.P. Member
    • Mar 2015
    • 8247

    #2
    Anybody? I should add that all of the live tiles and Bing search are disabled. Connection is created with explorer.exe.
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    • maca
      Mr. DK DJ
      • Feb 2009
      • 6310

      #3
      Run anti malware and see if that picks it up mate ..

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      • clusters
        V.I.P. Member
        • Mar 2015
        • 8247

        #4
        Have done, a few different scans, and I have a good AV not a crappy free one. Not malware, it's ferking MS Spyware.
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        • clusters
          V.I.P. Member
          • Mar 2015
          • 8247

          #5
          SOLVED!

          Problem solved, somewhere along the line BOX was installed on my system, wasn't there before. When I uninstalled it the connection went away.

          Ferkin MS spyware crap.
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