CLOSED Windows Host processes connections

[Scrooge 0]

I'm on Windows 10 64-bit, version 1809 (OS Build 17763.292) the latest update January 22, 2019

I've had Emsisoft installed for some time and I haven't had any issues so far with infection. CPU usage is normal, when I do do anyting it's 1 to 4 %, when I start up a browser it goes to 8-11 %. Nothing out of the ordinary. I've started monitoring my network traffic recently and I noticed that Windows Host processes represented by svchost and their assocciated Windows processes conneting to these IP addresses. I didn't monitor my network before. Maybe these connections always were there. I don't know.

Is this normal behavior for Windows 10 nowadays? I thought Windows host processes like Cryptographic service or Diagnostic Policy service must connect only to Microsoft IP addressess but why Google MSI Verizon and Cloudflare? I don't get it. They don't run very often, just occaionally pop up for a few second once a day, and quicly stop.

Maybe I became a bot or something? I think Emsisoft would pick it up already

External IP                                                                         PID
216.58.209.35:80  Google LLC USA                        4276 CryptSvc
93.184.220.29:80  MSI Communications UK       4276 CryptSvc
104.16.95.121:80  Cloudflare Inc USA                   4276 CryptSvs
172.217.17.67:80  Google LLC US                          4276 CryptSvc
93.184.221.240:80 MSI Communications UK     4276 CryptSvc
216.58.209.131:80 Google LLC US                         4140  DPS

[Kevin Zoll 280]

Scrooge,

All those look to be legit.

[Scrooge 0]

Thanks a lot Kevin,

 

I thought if these were russian or chinese IPs, I would start worrying and rush right off the bat like crazy to block port 445 and 139 and maybe 137, 138 as well :))

but these our our guys form NSA and other three-letter "companies" so they probably 'forgot' that it says there in my file " PKIA  somwhere in the Pasific":)

Thanks again Kevin,  and God bless America just in case..:))

 

p.s. So Microsoft has been using their servers for quite some time I see. It's like dedicated web hosting or something, right outsourcing and whatnot. who knows...

[Kevin Zoll 280]

Virtually all software today has some kind of call home feature.  Meaning automatic update checks and services.  I would get concerned when software is phoning home to an unknown entity.

[Kevin Zoll 280]

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