07-11-18 09:26 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about Windows Azure
Howdy! Sean,

 SD> {at}MSGID: 
 SD> Hello Ed,

 SD> 11 Jul 18 00:03 at you wrote to ALL:

 EV> AFAIK, I don't 'think' I have Azure on this XP pc.

 SD> Azure is Microsoft's cloud solution.  You basically blocked your
 SD> computer reporting an error to Microsoft.

Even though the description in the firewall window said "Microsoft",
I just ain't the trusting type, that's why I chose the NO Button.

If I check a IP Address and learn it is for a reliable web site, I write
it on a list so the next time the firewall asks about that address I know
that I can click the YES button and allow the connection.

Even though I don't 'think' I have any MS Azure software on this XP box,
the next time either of those two IP Addresses that I've already checked,
ask for access to the internet I will click the YES button so MS will
get whatever report my pc wants to send to them.

I have some other IP Addresses on my list already to let me know they are
safe for me to send a report to Microsoft.

I began using the internet in 1996.
But because I have read BBS Messages (since 1984) about tricks some people
do over the internet I got paranoid, and I try to be "very very" careful.

After I turn a MS Windows pc ON I usually don't use it until after I've
updated the Definitions for the 'Watchdog' programs I use on my pc,
i.e.: AntiVirus, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot S&D and Winpatrol.

I don't have to do that when I turn the Power Switch on the C=64 ON.....

It doesn't take that much time for the Windows pc to do the updates,
and I feel better after I've done the updates, that maybe the 'baddies'
won't get access to my computer (this time).

 SD> ... Two most common elements in the universe: Hydrogen & Stupidity.

I try not to be stupid, just careful.

Thanks for the Reply!

73 de Ed W9ODR     .    .


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