Thank you for the detailed information. I will check with Logitech to see if there is a different version of their driver software, as I use a few of their devices and the program was meant to keep them up-to-date.
As for Spybot-anti-beacon software, this is a program that prevents Microsoft from collecting information from Windows 10/11 and relaying it back to them, without user permission or knowledge of the events happening. It is something I trust overall, though I can check that it isn't effecting Malwarebytes.
I went ahead and updated the DNS, usually I do have Google and one other as my default; I suspect a Windows update did a change recently..
I will look at the last item as I have more time this evening. I do very much appreciate all the time and effort on reviewing this information and providing recommendations!