From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:o3n582hd61tdefje46642n4jg050454kho{at}4ax.com...
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:20:33 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

> wrote:
>
>>others are reporting that WGA appears to connect with that info on every
>>startup. 
>
>  I only have the March WGA version.   I rebooted and monitored with an
> external network sniffer.   Mine isn't reporting to Microsoft, but I
> noticed something doing DNS lookups on recently visited web sites.   Might
> be the DNSCache service because there were no other accesses.
>
>   I'll continue to avoid this 'Critical update'.   I'm 99% certain that MS
> will pull the Skype trick: publish or claim an exploit for older WGA
> versions to force people to upgrade.

I'm not sure if the post below from a MS WGA person means that the WGA
installer will have some autonomous function or not

 http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=387517&SiteID=25
The control needs to be updated occassionally with updates that have been
made to it. To include new blocked keys that have been identified. New
controls will delete the old control and will increase only in size
difference between the 2 controls if applicable. We are constantly trying
to decrease the size of our downloads and appreciate this feedback. This is
best evidenced by our Installer utility for Windows Update now being
downloaded and retained on the local system and not having to donwload it
each time. Of course the caveat here is that it does expand the Windows
base on a computer. It is give and take.

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