Windows 10: msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING

Every since I upgraded to the creators update I noticed in the Resource Monitor under Network that MSNBOT was trying to access my system. I blocked it in my hosts file. Ran virus scans which found nothing - should I be concerned.

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49664 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49665 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49666 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49667 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49668 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49673 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:51000 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.1.62:139 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.1.62:49944 server-52-84-76-230:https TIME_WAIT
TCP 192.168.1.62:49951 web1:https ESTABLISHED
TCP 0.0.0.0:49951 msnbot-65-52-108-228:0 BOUND
TCP [::]:135 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:445 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49664 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49665 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49666 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49667 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49668 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49673 DESKTOP-4O6HEGM:0 LISTENING
UDP 0.0.0.0:5050 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:5353 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:5355 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:1900 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:48300 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:63769 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:64489 *:*
UDP 192.168.1.62:137 *:*
UDP 192.168.1.62:138 *:*
UDP 192.168.1.62:1900 *:*
UDP 192.168.1.62:63768 *:*
UDP [::]:5353 *:*
UDP [::]:5355 *:*
UDP [::1]:1900 *:*
UDP [::1]:63767 *:*
UDP [fe80::d909:baf0:803c:ce4%7]:1900 *:*
UDP [fe80::d909:baf0:803c:ce4%7]:63766 *:*

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is msnbot used in windows 10?

Rajeshwari,

Could I please ask you to clarify your response further? The information provided was the same information that we could find online. I guess the original poster did not specify, but being a Microsoft Support Engineer I would hope you would know that most
servers are not running Windows 10 as Windows 10 is a client machine.

I have the same issue with my Windows 8 client machine. I will specify here that this is not a server. Therefore, there should be no Microsoft bots crawling around on my computer. However, I also see the same connections to an MSN bot (labeled msbot-65-52-108-214)
when I do a netstat on my computer. This is before opening any browser or anything that should ever connect with Microsoft.

The question should be: has Microsoft repurposed their msnbot servers to do something else on my PC?

Your response was not helpful, since we know msnbots were changed to bingbots just by doing some simple Googling. The question is why is my Windows client machine connecting to one of these msnbots (as shown in netstat). Thank you.

Regards,

 

is msnbot used in windows 10?

I ran cmd prompt netstat -b to see active connections and msnbot was established, I thought they got rid of msnbot a while back, just wondering because I upgraded to windows 10

 

In a word "No." See this discussion on msnbot in this old but still valid TenForums thread: Desktop (explorer.exe) always connected to Microsoft Solved - Windows 10 Forums. Item #7 is especially germane.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

This could probably disable it.

How to Disable Bing in the Windows 10 Start Menu
Code: reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" /v "DisableWebSearch" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" /v "ConnectedSearchUseWeb" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f[/quote]

 

Well, I learn something new everyday! In my past life, I always welcomed a visit from msnbot because that was a sign my webserver pages were being considered for indexing in the old MSN search engine ; however, I have never seen it access my particular desktop unless I was running a webserver. So, has this changed?

Hmm... maybe it has changed if these ideas are correct?
https://superuser.com/questions/1045...tstat-listings