When I launch COD (Windows 11), if I take a look at the network connections being made by the cod.exe process, I’m getting some really strange and suspicious connections. You can view them (in windows) by going to Resource Monitor -> Network, then selecting the cod.exe process. The strange domains include:
So I suppose my question is — wtf? Anyone else see this?
fcpl
Ignore that. old not removed revdns (used mostly for mail servers). They use popular VPS providers, not all of them clear old revdns records after moving IP to next client.
ThirdPawn
Mine seems to connect to analblast.gov
rddtact9
Of course, this is the way internet tracking goes. If you have an ad blocker on your browser, go to a site like cnn or ESPN or something and then take a look at everything that was blocked. There are dedicated web services built to track and collect data, this is standard (and abused, imo) practice. I’m just pointing out how it works, used to be an engineer and this is how I know.
This is sort of how cross site tracking works as well, a service puts a cookie on your system and then tells the Facebook tracker embedded in the site (this tracker is invisible to the user).
Then the next time you go to another site, the same Facebook tracker is there, reads the cookie and knows who you are and where you’ve been.
These trackers are installed all over the place, dare I say probably 90% of the sites you visit.
This is how then later when you’re on instagram, they show you ads for products you may have searched for, or for the nasal congestion you looked up that one time.
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When I launch COD (Windows 11), if I take a look at the network connections being made by the cod.exe process, I’m getting some really strange and suspicious connections. You can view them (in windows) by going to Resource Monitor -> Network, then selecting the cod.exe process. The strange domains include:
1. daydream.fulfillyourwishes2.com
2. m254.winterprize.com
3. avp.mia.004 (this isn’t even a valid fqdn)
4. choopa.net
5. paralyzed.thewindforum.com
6. b.girlkupon.ru
7. undernet.unixsecurity.biz
8. constant.com
So I suppose my question is — wtf? Anyone else see this?
Ignore that. old not removed revdns (used mostly for mail servers). They use popular VPS providers, not all of them clear old revdns records after moving IP to next client.
Mine seems to connect to analblast.gov
Of course, this is the way internet tracking goes. If you have an ad blocker on your browser, go to a site like cnn or ESPN or something and then take a look at everything that was blocked. There are dedicated web services built to track and collect data, this is standard (and abused, imo) practice. I’m just pointing out how it works, used to be an engineer and this is how I know.
This is sort of how cross site tracking works as well, a service puts a cookie on your system and then tells the Facebook tracker embedded in the site (this tracker is invisible to the user).
Then the next time you go to another site, the same Facebook tracker is there, reads the cookie and knows who you are and where you’ve been.
These trackers are installed all over the place, dare I say probably 90% of the sites you visit.
This is how then later when you’re on instagram, they show you ads for products you may have searched for, or for the nasal congestion you looked up that one time.