MS: What is this?!?!

[Justin]

I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP connection
to
204.71.191.115
I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
open.
What is this site and why was i connected to it?

Justin

[Sven Zallmann]

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:45:55 -0400
"Justin" > wrote:

> I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP connection
> to
> 204.71.191.115
> [...]
> What is this site and why was i connected to it?

My Whois program says the following:

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Final results obtained from whois.arin.net.
Results:
Cable & Wireless CW-PROVIDER (NET-204-71-0-0-1)
204.71.0.0 - 204.71.255.255
Microsoft CW-204-71-191-0 (NET-204-71-191-0-1)
204.71.191.0 - 204.71.191.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-09-05 19:15
-----

HTH

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[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Type 204.71.191.115 in the address bar of internet explorer and go there to
find out.

"Justin" > wrote in message
...
> I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
connection
> to
> 204.71.191.115
> I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
> Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
> open.
> What is this site and why was i connected to it?
>
> Justin
>
>

[Justin]

i did that already.. which is why i said its a MS address.
Microsoft CW-204-71-191-0

i would like to know what MS is doing with it.

Justin

"Sven Zallmann" > wrote in message
et...
> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:45:55 -0400
> "Justin" > wrote:
>
> > I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
connection
> > to
> > 204.71.191.115
> > [...]
> > What is this site and why was i connected to it?
>
> My Whois program says the following:
>
> -----
> Final results obtained from whois.arin.net.
> Results:
> Cable & Wireless CW-PROVIDER (NET-204-71-0-0-1)
> 204.71.0.0 - 204.71.255.255
> Microsoft CW-204-71-191-0 (NET-204-71-191-0-1)
> 204.71.191.0 - 204.71.191.255
>
> # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-09-05 19:15
> -----
>
> HTH
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sven Zallmann ~ Nizzaallee 4 ~ 52072 Aachen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ# 170594816 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Justin]

i did that, as i mentioned... and then it sent me to a site which just had a
link to the bcentral site. that doesnt seem to give me any info as to what
MS is doing.

Justin

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
message ...
> Type 204.71.191.115 in the address bar of internet explorer and go there
to
> find out.
>
> "Justin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
> connection
> > to
> > 204.71.191.115
> > I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
> > Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
> > open.
> > What is this site and why was i connected to it?
> >
> > Justin
> >
> >
>
>

[Rob Schneider]

What port is being used? Still there now?

Justin wrote:

> i did that, as i mentioned... and then it sent me to a site which just had a
> link to the bcentral site. that doesnt seem to give me any info as to what
> MS is doing.
>
> Justin
>
> "Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
> message ...
>
>>Type 204.71.191.115 in the address bar of internet explorer and go there
>
> to
>
>>find out.
>>
>>"Justin" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
>>
>>connection
>>
>>>to
>>>204.71.191.115
>>>I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
>>>Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
>>>open.
>>>What is this site and why was i connected to it?
>>>
>>>Justin
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Justin]

it was an HTTP port.. and no, its not.

Justin

"Rob Schneider" > wrote in message
...
> What port is being used? Still there now?
>
> Justin wrote:
>
> > i did that, as i mentioned... and then it sent me to a site which just
had a
> > link to the bcentral site. that doesnt seem to give me any info as to
what
> > MS is doing.
> >
> > Justin
> >
> > "Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
> > message ...
> >
> >>Type 204.71.191.115 in the address bar of internet explorer and go there
> >
> > to
> >
> >>find out.
> >>
> >>"Justin" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >>>I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
> >>
> >>connection
> >>
> >>>to
> >>>204.71.191.115
> >>>I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
> >>>Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
> >>>open.
> >>>What is this site and why was i connected to it?
> >>>
> >>>Justin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

[Rob Schneider]

Justin,

I notice that when I use the web browser to connect to Microsoft, or say
www.nytimes.com, then netstat reports that connection from my local
address to the "foreign" address. Are you sure you didn't have a web
page open in a browser? Maybe try an experiment and run IE while
watching netstat.

Justin wrote:

> it was an HTTP port.. and no, its not.
>
> Justin
>
> "Rob Schneider" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>What port is being used? Still there now?
>>
>>Justin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>i did that, as i mentioned... and then it sent me to a site which just
>
> had a
>
>>>link to the bcentral site. that doesnt seem to give me any info as to
>
> what
>
>>>MS is doing.
>>>
>>>Justin
>>>
>>>"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in
>>>message ...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Type 204.71.191.115 in the address bar of internet explorer and go there
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>find out.
>>>>
>>>>"Justin" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I just did a netstat on my updated XP system and noticed and HTTP
>>>>
>>>>connection
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to
>>>>>204.71.191.115
>>>>>I went to this site and it redirected me to bCentral.
>>>>>Now i had just started my computer up and didnt even have a web browser
>>>>>open.
>>>>>What is this site and why was i connected to it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Justin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>

[Sven Zallmann]

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 16:14:00 +0100
Rob Schneider > wrote:

[Fullquote beneath msg text]

Rob and Justin:

Would you please do us all a favour and only quote the parts of
your foreposter's message you are referring to? The amout of
quoted text only keeps growing the way you two (and many more
people in this newsgroup) are posting.

You will save bandwidth and improve readability of your articles
if you only quote what is necessary.

Regards,

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