How do I stop an outbound connection attempt for 2manuals.com? (My Malwarebytes blocked it)


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Alicia J

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What is the source of this outbound connection attempt. I used a reset key for an old Epson printer a long time ago. I think it came from that website.
 
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Funny. I use MalwareBytes and I am able to get to that website.

Go to your Allow List in MalwareBytes and you can whitelist the website, and then it should work. I didn't have to whitelist it to get to the 2Manuals website, but my setup is different than yours, so...

Unless I misunderstood your problem....

If you are not initiating the connection, then maybe it is a good thing that it is being blocked. In that case, do a full scan for malware. Maybe that much effort isn't really needed, but that is what I would do.
 

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If it's already blocked then why do you need to block it again?
 

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I have done a malware scan. I am puzzled by the fact that it’s attempting to connect to the internet, and I’m not initiating it.

I looked everywhere I can think of in programs, auto run, and startup
and I can’t find it.
 

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is it a scheduled task or service running? it is probably running to either check update status or validity.
 

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Alicia J said:
I have done a malware scan. I am puzzled by the fact that it’s attempting to connect to the internet, and I’m not initiating it.

I looked everywhere I can think of in programs, auto run, and startup
and I can’t find it.
Click to expand...


Did you try looking for a task in task scheduler?
 

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dacrone said:
is it a scheduled task or service running? it is probably running to either check update status or validity.
Click to expand...
If it is I can’t find it in the list.
 

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Have you considered that it may be the Epson trying to connect online?
I am guessing that for whatever reason, whatever key you used, was contained in a .exe file?

As a rule, if there is the word “Manual” in the web address, I avoid it like the plague. Never would I download an executable from one.

Was it an ink counter key?
 

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Alicia J said:
If it is I can’t find it in the list.
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what epson services are running? set them to manual and stop them. see if the outbound blocked notification populates again after that
 

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antspants said:
What are you doing on your PC at the time you see that the connection is blocked.
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Today I was googling for some info on some other subject.
 

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antspants said:
Have you considered that it may be the Epson trying to connect online?
I am guessing that for whatever reason, whatever key you used, was contained in a .exe file?

As a rule, if there is the word “Manual” in the web address, I avoid it like the plague. Never would I download an executable from one.

Was it an ink counter key?
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On my old Epson I used a counter key. I won’t be doing that again.
 

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dacrone said:
what epson services are running? set them to manual and stop them. see if the outbound blocked notification populates again after that
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I did a clean install of that PC. The Epson printer added was a newer model.
 

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