Hi I'm new here and not sure if this is posted in the right place. I've just started using ProtoWall and blocklist Manager and noticed this (don't know why) 2004/03/24 20:24:00 [->] non-hostile source (207.46.107.56), access granted [protocol: TCP / destport: 3131] did a check with Whois.Arin and it says it's something to do with Microsoft and abuse!

Is this anything to be concerned about?

Taff

do you use windows updates , msn messenger or hotmail , it could be from something like that , do you know if you were websurfing at that time ?

microsoft has a lot of call home features embedded into its operating systems , liike the error reporting and automatic codec downloads for windows media player, and windows updates.


MSFT
Address: One Microsoft Way
City: Redmond
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98052
Country: US

NetRange: 207.46.0.0 - 207.46.255.255
CIDR: 207.46.0.0/16
NetName: MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET

I have all except hotmail so it is probably one of those, i had tried going to Riaa.com to check PW was working ok.all is running well and thanks for keeping a great set of products running and well supported.

Cheers

Taff

i found msn messenger was almost possesed when i was using it, even if u shut it down it would auto restart 3 minutes later, i ended up renaming all the msn executables to .old , to shut it up for a while ,lol, never bothered to uninstall it yet.

id guess that is where your connections are coming from then...


take care , cya.

there is this little software program called shoot the messenger it does the trick!
maybe you should try it http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
it's free so... that the way i killed the messenger anyway
greetz pruttel

thanks pruttel , instead of shooting it though , id like to strangle it , lol.

that is a different "messenger" lol. MSN Messenger is a "chat" sorta Instant Messager utility. Whereas "Messenger" as in "Shoot the Messenger" is a service that Microsoft has set to run by default on new installs of XP

So yea, The shoot the messenger program IS good, definately Disable that service to stop annoying pop up messages. But, its not the same as MSN Messenger