au.download.windowsupdate.com....

[sk]

My system continually tries to contact this site for 'supposed updates?'.

I this a virus? I have autoupdate turned off.

 

[Guest]

My system continually tries to contact this site for 'supposed updates?'.

I this a virus? I have autoupdate turned off.

Could you shed some light even with a candle <sigh>, try to write the web
address but not withe Hyper link (write it like this www.yourcaseis.com not
with http://) and tell us about your system, applications and what updates
this site want you to download, is it one of those want you pay to scan your
Computer for adwares!.
Do you have Anti-virus software and anti-spyware installed, what your home
page set to?.
All tha help any one want to help to give you the right procedure and you
are off and runing safe and sound.
HTH.
Please don't be offended and let us know.
Regs,
nass

 

[Galen]

In sk had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

My system continually tries to contact this site for 'supposed
updates?'.
I this a virus? I have autoupdate turned off.

Do you have Windows Defender installed? It's not a virus, the domain's owned
by Microsoft and is where you could go for updates.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Well not at all.. its windows trying to update your system .. System
Updation is highly recomended as it keeps your system safe ..

regards
Ahmad
Microsoft Student Partner - India

 

[Stan Brown]

Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:41:02 -0800 from nass

(write it like this www.yourcaseis.com not with http://)

Why? What difference does it make? First, many newsreaders treat
either form as a hyperlink; and second, why is a hyperlink in an
article a problem?


It's almost certainly some form of malware, a virus or spyware or
something. Do a good scan of your system with current virus
definitions and current spyware definitions.

 

[Stan Brown]

Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:32:36 -0500 from Stan Brown

It's almost certainly some form of malware, a virus or spyware or
something. Do a good scan of your system with current virus
definitions and current spyware definitions.

Galen says this is legitimate, and he knows more about this stuff
than I do.