telemetry.malwarebytes.com

[Doc114]

I uninstalled MB3 today but i still have multi connections to a remote DNS named "telemetry.malwarebytes.com" Can anyone tell me what this is and how i stop it? Is it something left over from the uninstall or Malware?

 

[gonzo]

If you did not use the Malwarebytes cleanup utility, you left residue behind.  Read this post for more information about that utility.

 

 

[Doc114]

Thanks for the quick response. Ok i tried the  cleanup tool it didn't work , I still had the connections. I then re-installed MB3, turned the self protection mode off.  Restarted my computer in safe mode,  and tried the tool again. Still no joy. I have multi connections listening  Remote Port 0, Local ports used 445,1025, 1029, 1028, 135, 1025, 1027, 500, 4500, 5355.                                             Remote DNS = telemetry.malwarebytes.com

500, 4500, 5355. are UDP and the others are TCP. I have port zero blocked / closed on my firewall. 

Any Idea's? 

Appreciate the help. 

 

Edited June 15, 2017 by Doc114

[Doc114]

Ok i think i have solved it. I went into my network adapter  / properties and unticked everything except TCP/IPv4. All the connections were still there but the remote DNS had reverted back to the original Windows names. I ticked them each one at a time to see which one would cause the problem to return. None of them did and my system is now back to where it was before i installed MB3. 

I can only assume my router was not releasing the DNS connection trying to be made to telemetry.malwarebytes.com.