Re: Windows XP Update May be Classified as "Spyware"
- From: Claude J Ortega <cj-usenet-01_SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:32:29 -0500
In article <telecom25.216.7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
look@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says:
Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:telecom25.215.9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
However, I've noted a much more serious issue on local XP systems, all
of which are legit and pass the MS validity tests with flying colors.
It appears that even on such systems, the MS tool will now attempt to
contact Microsoft over the Internet *every time you boot*. At least,
I'm seeing these contacts on every boot after the tool update so far,
and I've allowed them to proceed to completion each time. Perhaps it
stops after some number of boots, but there's no indication of such a
limit so far. The connections occur even if you do not have Windows
"automatic update" enabled.
Please get people to investigate further. That's a fairly serious
matter because it deprives you of some privacy. I don't want a third
party tracking me every time I boot, irrespective of whether I want
anything from their network at the time.
I found that one of my computers had rebooted this morning.
Event viewer indicates that a WGA update was done at 3:00 AM, then the
update software FORCED a reboot.
The sygate fw popped up two notes, one that said that WGA had updated,
and the other one indicating that WGA wanted to contact a Microsoft
URL ( at about 3:05 AM ).
Claude
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