Excel Attempts to contact Akamai.com every time it's started

Can anyone tell me why Excel (2002) has just recently started to try to
contact akamai.com every time I start it (Excel) up (I know this because my
Firewall intercepts the attempt) and how I can stop it from doing so

Pandaman
Thu Jul 06 14:08:02 CDT 2006

"Gaetor" wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why Excel (2002) has just recently started to try to
> contact akamai.com every time I start it (Excel) up (I know this because my
> Firewall intercepts the attempt) and how I can stop it from doing so
>



Hello . I would suggest you check your computer for malicious software first
and after you make sure you are clean , post your request into the specific
Excel newsgroup Microsoft has created

Perform the instructions in my site and remove viruses and spyware :
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg

Post in the Excel's newsgroup >>>

HTTP:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.excel.misc&cat=en_US_34a4dcef-6aac-414e-9881-2ba33de8be2f&lang=en&cr=US


Since I don't have MS Excel I can't help you more , sorry ! :)


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Colin
Thu Jul 06 16:52:25 CDT 2006


"Gaetor" <Gaetor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B96F8B6-3574-465B-BE2F-77CE7C67B91C@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone tell me why Excel (2002) has just recently started to try to
> contact akamai.com every time I start it (Excel) up (I know this because
> my
> Firewall intercepts the attempt) and how I can stop it from doing so

akamai.com is a service that companies (including Microsoft) use to host
high-traffic sites.

Excel may be checking for updates or for online help. See if you have those
features turned on.


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Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Gaetor
Fri Jul 07 04:27:02 CDT 2006



"Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "Gaetor" <Gaetor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2B96F8B6-3574-465B-BE2F-77CE7C67B91C@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone tell me why Excel (2002) has just recently started to try to
> > contact akamai.com every time I start it (Excel) up (I know this because
> > my
> > Firewall intercepts the attempt) and how I can stop it from doing so
>
> akamai.com is a service that companies (including Microsoft) use to host
> high-traffic sites.
>
> Excel may be checking for updates or for online help. See if you have those
> features turned on.
>
>
> --
> Colin Nash
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
>

Thanks Colin, I have been checking around myself too and I beleive you are
right, this is what is happening. When you say 'check if this feature is
turned on' are you referring the the Windows 'Check for updates' feature or a
check for updates feature in Excel itself? If Excel has such a setting how
does one check if it's turned on? I have the Windows update feature on so
that it notifies me when updates are available and asks if I want them. But I
don't like the idea of individual applications 'surreptiously' contacting
sites without my explicit say so and would like to turn this off.