searchfilterhost.exe calls home (to MS)

[HeloCaptain]

MS Vista's 'searchfilterhost.exe' tries to call home (to Microsoft)
constantly.

This appears to be a new "feature" in Vista.

Does anyone know why MS wants to hear from me (my computer) so often?

 

[Paul Smith]

More info? Which address is it going to?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"HeloCaptain" <HeloCaptain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3B3C464-6930-4DB0-ADF4-5EB5D077FF21@microsoft.com...
> MS Vista's 'searchfilterhost.exe' tries to call home (to Microsoft)
> constantly.
>
> This appears to be a new "feature" in Vista.
>
> Does anyone know why MS wants to hear from me (my computer) so often?

 

[HeloCaptain]

I think it may vary, but the last effort was to 131.107.115.28.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> More info? Which address is it going to?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
> "HeloCaptain" <HeloCaptain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news3B3C464-6930-4DB0-ADF4-5EB5D077FF21@microsoft.com...
> > MS Vista's 'searchfilterhost.exe' tries to call home (to Microsoft)
> > constantly.
> >
> > This appears to be a new "feature" in Vista.
> >
> > Does anyone know why MS wants to hear from me (my computer) so often?
>
>

 

[Andrew McLaren]

"HeloCaptain" <HeloCaptain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
>I think it may vary, but the last effort was to 131.107.115.28.

That's the address for crl.microsoft.com.

Not sure exactly what SearchFilterHost is doing, but that looks like it's
consulting a Certificate Revocation List server. So it's quite plausible
certificate verification activity. "Phoning home" is more normal in a
PKI-oriented world, than in days or yore.

Other folks may have more precise info about what's going on ...
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

 

[Xenomorph]

its reporting back to Microsoft that it found all of your child porn


"HeloCaptain" <HeloCaptain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3B3C464-6930-4DB0-ADF4-5EB5D077FF21@microsoft.com...
> MS Vista's 'searchfilterhost.exe' tries to call home (to Microsoft)
> constantly.
>
> This appears to be a new "feature" in Vista.
>
> Does anyone know why MS wants to hear from me (my computer) so often?