Firewall and Microsoft.photos.exe

system · 2017-04-09T01:52:51.000Z

For the last three days I get repeated requests from Avast firewall to allow or deny Microsoft.photos.exe to make an https connection to 13.107.5.88. Whois reports this to be a Microsoft server. After I deny the request (with “remember” selected) it happens again in a couple of hours using a new port number each time. Very annoying! Microsoft.photos.exe exists in the Windows APPS folder. It is a system file that won’t be renamed or deleted. Interestingly, it is an executable ZIP archive. How can I tell the firewall to deny access to this program once and for all time? I have never used the Windows 10 Photos app and don’t plan to. Running Windows 10 Home edition, Avast Internet Security 17.3.2291. I ran System File Checker, no problems found.

Eddy · 2017-04-09T02:21:10.000Z

https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB25

system · 2017-04-09T02:41:10.000Z

Thanks for the link. There is already a “block all” application rule for this program, but I am still getting the pop-up. I added a new packet rule blocking that address, have to wait and see if it works.

CraigB · 2017-04-09T03:27:05.000Z

If you don’t want any of the Windows 10 apps then you can easily remove them via CCleaners uninstall function.

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