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This is a list of the domains added by the script to the hosts file: adnxs.com, c.msn.com, g.msn.com, h1.msn.com, msedge.net, rad.msn.com, ads.msn.com, adnexus

This is a list of the domains added by the script to the hosts file: adnxs.com, c.msn.com, g.msn.com, h1.msn.com, msedge.net, rad.msn.com, ads.msn.com, adnexus.net, ac3.msn.com, c.atdmt.com, m.adnxs.com, rad.msn.com, sO.2mdn.net, ads1.msn.com, ec.atdmt.com, flex.msn.com, rad.live.com, ui.skype.com, msftncsi.com, a-msedge.net, a.rad.msn.com, b.rad.msn.com, cdn.atdmt.com, m.hotmail.com, ads1.msads.net, a.ads1.msn.com, a.ads2.msn.com, apps.skype.com, b.ads1.msn.com, view.atdmt.com, watson.live.com, preview.msn.com, aidps.atdmt.com, preview.msn.com, static.2mdn.net, a.ads2.msads.net, b.ads2.msads.net, db3aqu.atdmt.com, secure.adnxs.com, www.msftncsi.com, cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net, live.rads.msn.com, ad.doubleclick.net, bs.serving-sys.com, a-0001.a-msedge.net, pricelist.skype.com, a-0001.a-msedge.net, a-0002.a-msedge.net, a-0003.a-msedge.net, a-0004.a-msedge.net, a-0005.a-msedge.net, a-0006.a-msedge.net, a-0007.a-msedge.net, a-0008.a-msedge.net, a-0009.a-msedge.net, choice.microsoft.com, watson.microsoft.com, feedback.windows.com, aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de, cds26.ams9.msecn.net, lb1.www.ms.akadns.net, corp.sts.microsoft.com, az361816.vo.msecnd.net, az512334.vo.msecnd.net, telemetry.microsoft.com, msntest.serving-sys.com, secure.flashtalking.com, telemetry.appex.bing.net, pre.footprintpredict.com, pre.footprintpredict.com, vortex.data.microsoft.com, statsfe2.ws.microsoft.com, statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com, df.telemetry.microsoft.com, oca.telemetry.microsoft.com, sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com, telemetry.urs.microsoft.com, survey.watson.microsoft.com, compatexchange.cloudapp.net, feedback.microsoft-hohm.com, s.gateway.messenger.live.com, vortex-win.data.microsoft.com, feedback.search.microsoft.com, schemas.microsoft.akadns.net , watson.telemetry.microsoft.com, choice.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com, sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com, settings-win.data.microsoft.com, redir.metaservices.microsoft.com, i1.services.social.microsoft.com, vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com, diagnostics.support.microsoft.com, watson.ppe.telemetry.microsoft.com, msnbot-65-55-108-23.search.msn.com, telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com, settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com, sls.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net, fe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net, vortex-bn2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net, vortex-cy2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net, oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com, corpext.msitadfs.glbdns2.microsoft.com, services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com, watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, statsfe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net, i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net

userbinator 11y ago
What puzzles me is why they use some completely different domains than the ones most people would instinctively trust more, like msn.com and microsoft.com. I mean, if you see Windows communicating with a domain that ends in *.microsoft.com, that tends to arouse less suspicion than flashtalking.com, adnexus.net, 2mdn.net, and a-msedge.net - as a long-time Internet user, I'd suspect an infection if I suddenly started seeing these show up without having done anything that could lead to such, like visiting sites with ads in the browser.
- marcosdumay 11y ago
  Maybe it's because MS is sending that data directly to a third party. Have you tried to lookup those domains? They aren't registered by Microsoft.
  - userbinator 11y ago
    I recognise many of those domains, because I'd blocked them in my HOSTS file due to ads (this is long before Windows 10, or even 7, came out.) That makes it all the more unsettling, because it's as if they're not even trying to hide the fact that their OS contains adware and trackers. flashtalking.com: "Flashtalking is an independent ad serving, tracking and technology company"

userbinator 11y ago

What puzzles me is why they use some completely different domains than the ones most people would instinctively trust more, like msn.com and microsoft.com. I mean, if you see Windows communicating with a domain that ends in *.microsoft.com, that tends to arouse less suspicion than flashtalking.com, adnexus.net, 2mdn.net, and a-msedge.net - as a long-time Internet user, I'd suspect an infection if I suddenly started seeing these show up without having done anything that could lead to such, like visiting sites with ads in the browser.

marcosdumay 11y ago
Maybe it's because MS is sending that data directly to a third party. Have you tried to lookup those domains? They aren't registered by Microsoft.
- userbinator 11y ago
  I recognise many of those domains, because I'd blocked them in my HOSTS file due to ads (this is long before Windows 10, or even 7, came out.) That makes it all the more unsettling, because it's as if they're not even trying to hide the fact that their OS contains adware and trackers. flashtalking.com: "Flashtalking is an independent ad serving, tracking and technology company"