Tonight I purposefully installed a keylogger so I could find the files that were created and collect information on where it was sending the logs. During an observation session, I ran a search for recently modified files. I found it interesting that my computer opened a connection to sa.windows.com. In one of the packets, I found this link: http://sa.windows.com/privacy/ Har! I read that and laughed my ass off! Take a peak at the copyright, it's from 2002.
Running into the fog, I found numerous articles about this and how it must be safe because Microsoft does not collect any personal information. Har again! http://forum.valhallalegends.com/phpbbs/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=5538
sa.windows.com = 127.0.0.1
Hmm, both http://sa.windows.com/ and http://sa.windows.com/privacy/ give me a "Directory Listing Denied" error...
And btw, I don't set things to 127.0.0.1 to block them, I run a webserver on localhost :) (Not on port 80, but still...)
0.0.0.0 is a better void.
I could view it yesterday. :\
lol, local DNSing?
Good thing I downloaded a copy of it for my archives.
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/files/Microsoft%20Search%20Companion%20Privacy%20Statement.html