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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