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Where did this come from?

 
 
David Sherman
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      02-15-2006
I downloaded all the patches yesteday.

One patch wanted to call home:

A file called MPCmdRun.exe wanted to call 207.46.236.88

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OrgName: Microsoft Corp
OrgID: MSFT
Address: One Microsoft Way
City: Redmond
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98052
Country: US

NetRange: 207.46.0.0 - 207.46.255.255
CIDR: 207.46.0.0/16
NetName: MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET
NetHandle: NET-207-46-0-0-1
Parent: NET-207-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: NS1.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS5.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS2.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS3.MSFT.NET
NameServer: NS4.MSFT.NET
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RegDate: 1997-03-31
Updated: 2004-12-09
RTechHandle: ZM39-ARIN
RTechName: Microsoft
RTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
RTechEmail:

OrgAbuseHandle: HOTMA-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Hotmail Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail:

OrgAbuseHandle: MSNAB-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: MSN ABUSE
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail:

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE231-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgAbuseEmail:

OrgNOCHandle: ZM23-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Microsoft Corporation
OrgNOCPhone: +1-425-882-8080
OrgNOCEmail:

OrgTechHandle: MSFTP-ARIN
OrgTechName: MSFT-POC
OrgTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080
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Sky King
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      02-16-2006
No idea. I'd look for some other "whosis" on your system.

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David Sherman wrote:
> I downloaded all the patches yesteday.
>
> One patch wanted to call home:
>
> A file called MPCmdRun.exe wanted to call 207.46.236.88



 
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joneiseman@gmail.com
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      02-16-2006
I found this file (MpCmdRun.exe) in \Program Files\Windows Defender.
It's digitally signed by Microsoft.

 
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