You're not infected. At least not pertaining to this.
Apparently Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, thought this was a good idea to bake into Windows. You can stop it by manually editing this registry key:
and setting it's value from 1 to 0. To make it easier though, I've made the change and exported the key, and attached it to your post. You can download it, and double-click on it to take care of it for you.
Shhh.. dont tell anyone, but we also have a private forum area with the really good stuff,see?
Olympus
Single & Not Looking
You're not infected. At least not pertaining to this.
Apparently Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, thought this was a good idea to bake into Windows. You can stop it by manually editing this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing
and setting it's value from 1 to 0. To make it easier though, I've made the change and exported the key, and attached it to your post. You can download it, and double-click on it to take care of it for you.