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On 2019-03-26 14:12, Achim Gratz wrote:
> LMH writes:
>> Is there some reason I should be expecting these processes to talk to
>> svchost.exe?
> If your machine is in a domain they will contact the DC to get user and
> group information via standard Windows facilities.

Could it also be Windows instrumentation trying to send info about what's going
on the system?
I know there's a lot of stuff network admins like to block from leaving Windows
systems so that they have some hope of seeing real problems amongst the useful
traffic.

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