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wustat/wutrack.windows.com - What are they Used For?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-spy-bill's-secret-little-eye dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "On Windows XP today when i ran 'netstat', I noticed an http connection to wustat.windows.com. Several minutes later when i tried again I had an http connection to wutrack.windows.com. A search on google yields few results. Since windows.com is registered to microsoft, it makes me curious to know what wustat and wutrack stand for and what their purpose is. Is it Windows Usage Statistics/Tracking?" Has anyone else seen this on their XP systems?

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  1. Killa bees on a swarm by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    They use that to track how many Wu Tang MP3s you've pirated.

    But seriously folks, that's to track updates for Windows Update. Basically it keeps a line of communication open so that if there is an update on the windows.com website, you will be notified ASAP.

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