Unknown SSDP connections to Monsoonix.com visible in task manager

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Unknown SSDP connections to Monsoonix.com visible in task manager

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So this issue just popped up after playing a session of Soldat...

The SSDP Discovery service keeps open 3 UDP connections to adware-suspicious website Monsoonix.com even after the game is fully closed:
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And after killing both the connections and the associated processes, two come back:
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I recommend blocking Monsoonix in hosts.txt
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Or disabling the SSDP Discovery service.
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Re: Unknown SSDP connections to Monsoonix.com visible in task manager

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monsoonix.com is a parked domain now.

There was also a virus infection in a past version of monsoonix.dll which caused all monsoonix.dll versions to be blacklisted for a while in certain AV suites.
"Missing file: monsoonix.dll" errors quickly popped up among Soldat players.

This was years ago.

"Monsoonix.dll not found"

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