Interesting I will have to test this one and see. I know recently someone did a writeup about Microsoft doing a similar phone home when you launch I.E so it can verify you internet connection.
http://blog.superuser.com/2011/05/16/windows-7-network-awareness/ Infolookup http://infolookup.securegossip.com www.twitter.com/infolookup -----Original Message----- From: Eric <dkn...@gmail.com> Sender: full-disclosure-boun...@lists.grok.org.uk Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 02:37:35 To: <full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Google chrome sending strange DNS queries Greetings, Has anyone ever noticed, the sort of DNS queries when you fire/running Google-chrome? The DNS queries for domain names likes: bsjghxplor hrrtjswxtt epjyptuure etc. Behavior has been observed on Linux as well as Windows systems. See the attached screenshot of wireshark dump. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
