Word wants to connect to the Internet

T

tj woods

Hi,
Word 2000 wants to connect to website
167.206.3.233:DNS everytime I open it. I assume this has
something to do with the Office update site, but am not
sure. I've searched for it and haven't had any luck.
I'm running Office 2000 SP3 and Outlook 2003. Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
T

TF

Go to http://www.safer-networking.org/ and download SpyBot. Run SpyBot and
set it up to protect your system against scumware which is probably what is
causing the Internet activity.



: Hi,
: Word 2000 wants to connect to website
: 167.206.3.233:DNS everytime I open it. I assume this has
: something to do with the Office update site, but am not
: sure. I've searched for it and haven't had any luck.
: I'm running Office 2000 SP3 and Outlook 2003. Any ideas?
:
: Thanks.
 
G

Guest

I'll try this, but I'm already running Ad-Aware and
according to it, I don't have spyware on my PC. I also
run Zone-Alarm pro and this is where I caught it. I have
installed all odf the Office updates, including the
update software. I was wondering if that could be it.
Thanks.
 
T

TF

Office connects to the Internet for various reasons: you may have set the
'Share Anonymous Customer Feedback' option or it may be checking for Help
updates.

Terry

: I'll try this, but I'm already running Ad-Aware and
: according to it, I don't have spyware on my PC. I also
: run Zone-Alarm pro and this is where I caught it. I have
: installed all odf the Office updates, including the
: update software. I was wondering if that could be it.
: Thanks.
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Go to http://www.safer-networking.org/ and download
: SpyBot. Run SpyBot and
: >set it up to protect your system against scumware which
: is probably what is
: >causing the Internet activity.
: >
: >--
: >Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: >http://word.mvps.org/
: >
: in message
: >: >: Hi,
: >: Word 2000 wants to connect to website
: >: 167.206.3.233:DNS everytime I open it. I assume this
: has
: >: something to do with the Office update site, but am not
: >: sure. I've searched for it and haven't had any luck.
: >: I'm running Office 2000 SP3 and Outlook 2003. Any
: ideas?
: >:
: >: Thanks.
: >
: >
: >.
: >
 
D

David H. Kaplan

I have the same problem and my option to provide anonymous feedback is
set to off.

Both Word and Access are now asking for internet access according to
ZoneAlarm.

1) Where is help updating controlled?

2) This just started a week or two ago, and I have not done an Office
update for awhile before the change.

Thanks
 
D

David H. Kaplan

I have the same problem and my option to provide anonymous feedback is
set to off.

Both Word and Access are now asking for internet access according to
ZoneAlarm.

1) Where is help updating controlled?

2) This just started a week or two ago, and I have not done an Office
update for awhile before the change.

3) Destination is my DNS Server

Thanks

DHK
 
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