This needs further exploration.
I found that if you open Notepad or even the Windows Calculator, etc. You can click the 'Help' tab - then 'Help Topics', then access a *hidden* option called 'Jump to URL' - this is found by Right-Clicking the blue Title Bar. You then type in the URL (including http://)
My Firewall then picked up on the fact that Windows Calculator / Notepad, etc wanted to access the internet.
This is most interesting and I shall be testing this a bit further. I'm more interested in what kind of (if any) bypasses you can pull of with this - ie bypassing MIMEsweeper, etc.
I am somewhat overcome by this discovery and cannot wait to test it further.
I found that if you open Notepad or even the Windows Calculator, etc. You can click the 'Help' tab - then 'Help Topics', then access a *hidden* option called 'Jump to URL' - this is found by Right-Clicking the blue Title Bar. You then type in the URL (including http://)
My Firewall then picked up on the fact that Windows Calculator / Notepad, etc wanted to access the internet.
This is most interesting and I shall be testing this a bit further. I'm more interested in what kind of (if any) bypasses you can pull of with this - ie bypassing MIMEsweeper, etc.
I am somewhat overcome by this discovery and cannot wait to test it further.