On 2018 Jul 12 23:02:00, you wrote to Sean Dennis:   
      
    EV> Even though I don't 'think' I have any MS Azure software on this XP box,   
      
   you don't have to have it to use it... in this case, you are not using it, m$   
   is and that's where they want the reports to be sent to...   
      
    EV> the next time either of those two IP Addresses that I've already   
    EV> checked, ask for access to the internet I will click the YES button so   
    EV> MS will get whatever report my pc wants to send to them.   
      
   why not just go ahead and let them have access so you don't have to worry   
   about that?   
      
    EV> I have some other IP Addresses on my list already to let me know they   
    EV> are safe for me to send a report to Microsoft.   
      
   those may be old and no longer used for that task...   
      
    EV> I began using the internet in 1996. But because I have read BBS   
    EV> Messages (since 1984) about tricks some people do over the internet I   
    EV> got paranoid, and I try to be "very very" careful.   
      
   there's nothing wrong with being paranoid... being too paranoid can cause   
   problems like not being paranoid enough...   
      
    EV> After I turn a MS Windows pc ON I usually don't use it until after   
    EV> I've updated the Definitions for the 'Watchdog' programs I use on my   
    EV> pc, i.e.: AntiVirus, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot S&D and   
    EV> Winpatrol.   
      
   those should update automatically and you should be fine to use the machine   
   before during or after their updates...   
      
    EV> I don't have to do that when I turn the Power Switch on the C=64   
    EV> ON.....   
      
   they're a non-target... XP is a known easy target...   
      
    EV> It doesn't take that much time for the Windows pc to do the updates,   
    EV> and I feel better after I've done the updates, that maybe the   
    EV> 'baddies' won't get access to my computer (this time).   
      
   it will always be a chase game... you cannot stop what you do not know about   
   and if they come up with a new way in that nothing detects, well...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... Were the Pennsy police known as Keystone Kops?   
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