Outbound network connection when opening Everything

[user123]

When opening Everything search (Version 1.5.0.1317a (x64)), after a few seconds the firewall warns about an outbound network request to several IP addresses

• tcp://20.73.130.64
  tcp://20.67.219.150
  tcp://20.86.249.62
  tcp://13.107.42.16

All belong to Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
The program that does this is msedgewebview2.exe.

This started recently, maybe 1 or 2 weeks ago when I updated to the last release of alpha version.
It doesn't happen every time when I open Everything, but maybe once per hour.

[void]

Please make sure your Everything.exe is code-signed by voidtools

Everything does not call msedgewebview2.exe directly.
This could be caused by a shell extension.

Please try disabling shell extensions and see if the issue persists:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icon_shell_extensions=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icon_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /context_menu_shell_extensions=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, context_menu_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• From the File menu, click Exit.
• Restart Everything.

Does the issue persist?
If so, please try toggling shell extensions with ShellExView from Nirsoft.



To re-enable shell extensions:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icon_shell_extensions=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icon_shell_extensions=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /context_menu_shell_extensions=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, context_menu_shell_extensions=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

[user123]

I noticed that it starts once I browse over svg and pdf files which apparently were generating thumbnails using the powertoys software I have.
I disabled PowerToys and it seems that there are no connections being made any longer. I tested it and enabled SVG thumbnail generation again and outbound connection requests occur again.

It is still strange that there are outbound connections required to microsoft servers for generating an svg thumbnail.

[harryray2]

Any idea what the domain names (if any) for those IP addresses are?