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It's not so much that I'm worried as I see the connections close once the document is loaded, but one who takes pride in computer security must question it when a MS document file is trying to contact the net. My guess was the same as yours, but I was under the impression that a download of a thread meant that the pictures were hard coded into the document. Perhaps I'm spending too much time reading posts in the Wilders Security and Castlecops forums. This would wind up being a 5 page thread there! At the very least, if anyone else notices the same thing in the future, at least a search will provide them with the possibilities described in this thread. I enjoy reading the posts here and learning more about Imgburn, as I think it's an excellent program. I would just suggest that a notice be added to the guides sticky mentioning that document downloads may look to connect to IP addresses when opened.

I was reading the latest Imgburn Function guide online when I though it would be easier to download it as a document using the thread tools option. Whenever I opened the document, I would see my firewall lights going wild. Using both a netstat -an command and TCPview from Sysinternals.com, I noticed that whenever the document is first open, an IP connection to 84.246.88.12 is established. Another connection is also established to IP address: 194.150.224.62 A Google search indicates it may be some sort of travel agency: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=1...G=Google+Search Is this anything out of the ordinary. Do others experience the same thing. If I posted this to the wrong forum, I'm sorry. I'm not sure this kind of question should be posted to the Guides forum, or if a member can post there. A whois check provides the following information on IP address 84.246.88.12 : netnum: 84.246.88.0 - 84.246.88.15 netname: BACKBONE-OWNIT-SE descr: SERVERS1-OWNIT-SE country: SE org: ORG-OA21-RIPE admin-c: OBR3-RIPE tech-c: OBR3-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA remarks: INFRA-AW mnt-by: OWNIT-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered organisation: ORG-OA21-RIPE org-name: Ownit AB org-type: LIR address: Tellusborgsvagen 94 address: 126 37 address: Hagersten address: Sweden phone: +46852507300 fax-no: +46854904730 admin-c: ME1402-RIPE admin-c: PD3279-RIPE mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-ref: OWNIT-MNT mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered role: Ownit Broadband Registry address: Ownit Broadband AB address: Tellusborgsvagen 94 address: 126 37 Hagersten address: Sweden address: www.ownit.se phone: +46 (8) 525 073 00 fax-no: +46 (8) 549 047 30 remarks: ---------------------------- remarks: Please send abuse reports to remarks: abuse@ownit.se remarks: ---------------------------- remarks: Any other issues could use remarks: netmaster@ownit.se remarks: ---------------------------- remarks: In case of emergency, call remarks: +46852507304 remarks: ---------------------------- admin-c: ME1402-RIPE admin-c: PD3279-RIPE tech-c: ME1402-RIPE tech-c: PD3279-RIPE nic-hdl: OBR3-RIPE abuse-mailbox: abuse@ownit.se mnt-by: OWNIT-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered

I don't think I've ever seen a buffer recovery message. I've just noticed that the buffer activity seems to remain the most constant (at or near 100% on the bar graph) when an ISO file is the source. My Nero CD-DVD Speed scans are almost always very good to excellent when converting to ISO files first (regardless of whether the media is TY, CMC. or MCC). Whether or not this is a result of my DVD drive or firmware, I can't say. I have noticed that DVDInfopro's scans are almost always better in terms of PIE's and PIF's than Nero's CD-DVD speed (and being a bit of a pessimist, that's why I usually refer to the Nero CD-DVD speed scans ).

I just turned off the warning, closed Imgburn, and started it again. This time the firewall alert didn't appear. Definition of smss.exe from various sites: Why doesn't the alert appear any longer? Even though I turned off the warning in Imgburn, isn't it still trying to communicate with smss.exe?

Does this hold true even for a partition that needs to be defragged, as opposed to an ISO file on a recently defragged partition? I was under the impression that the buffer activity will be stay more level if the files are on a defragged drive or partition, or if it's just one large file on a partition that hasn't been defragged for awhile.

I've noticed that my best scans and cleanest burns (judging by the buffer activity) is when I create an ISO file of various files before burning.

I know that the home DVD players of yesteryear had an easier type reading DVD Rom's than DVD +R's, but the players built in the last 5 years (or more) should have no problems with DVD +R's? What is the main reason that the booktype default on the write settings menu is autochange?

My firewall is telling me that "Imgburn - The Ultimate Image Burner! is trying to communicate with \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe by opening its process". Is this a natural function of the program?