Solved Why does Win7 frequently try to access Akamai servers through svchost?

Results of Microsoft Message Analyzer monitoring NlaSvc attempting to contact Akamai servers via svchost
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MessageNumber          Timestamp			    TimeElapsed 	 Source 				    Destination 			       Module   		     Summary    																																																			   ProcessId          Message

30      	       2017-01-26T12:40:30.1664213          --  		 --     				    --  				       Windows_Kernel_Trace          Process_TypeGroup1{UniqueProcessKey=EtwPointer{pointerValue=18446738026544641808},ProcessId=1424,ParentId=528,SessionId=0,ExitStatus=259,DirectoryTableBase=EtwPointer{pointerValue=7147724800},UserSID_blob=binary[16,19,34,4,160,248,255,255,0,0,0,0,128,248,255,255],UserSID=S-1-5-20 NetworkService -- Network Service account.,ImageFileName=svchost.exe,CommandLine=C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService}          1424 	      .7â..úÿÿ.................*.ª......".*øÿÿ.....øÿÿ............svchost.exe.C.:.\.W.i.n.d.o.w.s.\.S.y.s.t.e.m.3.2.\.s.v.c.h.o.s.t...e.x.e. .-.k. .N.e.t.w.o.r.k.S.e.r.v.i.c.e...
30      	       2017-01-26T12:40:30.1664213          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {3d6fa8d0-fe05-11d0-9dda-00c04fd7ba7c}, EventID: 0, ProcessID: 2156, ThreadID: 2160, Size: 204     																																								   2156 	      Ì[email protected]...Õ.Ún.xÒ.Шo=.þÐ..Ú.ÀO׺|................c...¾.....................ÿÿ..¬..7â..úÿÿ.................*.ª......".*øÿÿ.....øÿÿ............svchost.exe.C.:.\.W.i.n.d.o.w.s.\.S.y.s.t.e.m.3.2.\.s.v.c.h.o.s.t...e.x.e. .-.k. .N.e.t.w.o.r.k.S.e.r.v.i.c.e...

255     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8530608          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       TCP      		     Flags: ......S., SrcPort: 49158, DstPort: HTTP(80), Length: 0, Seq Range: 2411726965 - 2411726966, Ack: 0, Win: 8192(negotiating scale factor: 8)  																																		   1424 	      À..P.À.u...... ..û.....´........
255     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8530608          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 66, Total Length: 52																																														   1424 	      E..4.B@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.u...... ..û.....´........
255     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8530608          --  		 AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC) 	    12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   1424 	      T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..4.B@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.u...... ..û.....´........
255     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8530608          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 66       																																													   1424 	      ........B...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..4.B@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.u...... ..û.....´........
255     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8530608          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1068, Size: 158  																																								   1424 	      ....@...,.......0³...xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À..................................N.........B...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..4.B@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.u...... ..û.....´........

258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0415502   	 192.168.0.123  			    www.msftncsi.com    		       HTTP     		     Operation, Status: OK (200), GET /ncsi.txt, Version: HTTP/1.1      																																												   1424 	      --
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0406232   	 192.168.0.123  			    www.msftncsi.com    		       HTTP     		     Request, GET /ncsi.txt, Version: HTTP/1.1  																																															   1424 	      GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0000059   	 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       TCP      		     Flags: ...AP..., SrcPort: 49158, DstPort: HTTP(80), Length: 97, Seq Range: 2411726966 - 2411727063, Ack: 3559500323, Win: 65536(scale factor: 8)   																																		   1424 	      À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0000059   	 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 68, Total Length: 137       																																													   1424 	      E....D@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0000059   	 AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC) 	    12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   1424 	      T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E....D@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0000059   	 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 151      																																													   1424 	      ............T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E....D@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          0.0000059   	 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1068, Size: 187  																																								   1424 	      ditto
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          --  		 --     				    --  				       EtwEvent 		     EventId: 1001, GroupId: 5590624, Length: 12																																															   1424 	      é.`NU.................
258     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881029          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     [Fragment: Start] {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 2000, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1068, Size: 102																																						   1424 	      f...@...,............xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃÐ..........@....................................é.`NU.................
259     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881063          --  		 --     				    --  				       EtwEvent 		     EventId: 1001, GroupId: 5590624, Length: 54																																															   1424 	      é.`NU.6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E....D@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..
259     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881063          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     [Fragment: Middle] {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 2000, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1068, Size: 144       																																					   1424 	      ....@...,.......'....xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃÐ.............................................@.é.`NU.6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E....D@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.vÔ)ª#P....P..
260     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881088          --  		 --     				    --  				       EtwEvent 		     EventId: 1001, GroupId: 5590624, Length: 97																																															   1424 	      é.`NU.a...GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....
260     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.8881088          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     [Fragment: End] {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 2000, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1068, Size: 187  																																						   1424 	      »...@...,[email protected]Ò..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃÐ.............................................k.é.`NU.a...GET /ncsi.txt HTTP/1.1..Connection: Close..User-Agent: Microsoft NCSI..Host: www.msftncsi.com....

261     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9287261          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       TCP      		     Flags: ...A...., SrcPort: HTTP(80), DstPort: 49158, Length: 0, Seq Range: 3559500323 - 3559500323, Ack: 2411727063, Win: 29216(scale factor: 5)    																																		   0    	      .PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¼3..
261     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9287261          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 23132, Total Length: 40     																																													   0    	      E..(Z\@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¼3....¶lÜv
261     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9287261          --  		 12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC)             Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   0    	      .0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z\@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¼3....¶lÜv
261     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9287261          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 60       																																													   0    	      ........<....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z\@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¼3....¶lÜv
261     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9287261          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 0, ThreadID: 0, Size: 152																																									   0    	      ....@...........Ý>...xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À....í.............................H.........<....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z\@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¼3....¶lÜv

262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 www.msftncsi.com       		    192.168.0.123       		       HTTP     		     Response, Status: OK (200), Version: HTTP/1.1      																																														   0    	      HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI
262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       TCP      		     Flags: ...AP..., SrcPort: HTTP(80), DstPort: 49158, Length: 179, Seq Range: 3559500323 - 3559500502, Ack: 2411727063, Win: 29216(scale factor: 5)  																																		   0    	      .PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¿ô..HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI
262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 23133, Total Length: 219    																																													   0    	      E..ÛZ]@.7.Ïëhcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¿ô..HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI
262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC)             Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   0    	      .0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..ÛZ]@.7.Ïëhcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¿ô..HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI
262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 233      																																													   0    	      ........é....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..ÛZ]@.7.Ïëhcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¿ô..HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI
262     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9296531          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 0, ThreadID: 0, Size: 325																																									   0    	      [email protected]Ò..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À....í.............................õ.........é....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..ÛZ]@.7.Ïëhcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ª#.À.×P...¿ô..HTTP/1.1 200 OK..Content-Length: 14..Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:41:30 GMT..Connection: close..Content-Type: text/plain..Cache-Control: max-age=30, must-revalidate....Microsoft NCSI

263     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9298951          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       TCP      		     Flags: ...A...F, SrcPort: 49158, DstPort: HTTP(80), Length: 0, Seq Range: 2411727063 - 2411727064, Ack: 3559500502, Win: 65280(scale factor: 8)    																																		   1424 	      À..P.À.×Ô)ªÖP..ÿ.ï..
263     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9298951          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 69, Total Length: 40																																														   1424 	      E..(.E@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.×Ô)ªÖP..ÿ.ï..
263     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9298951          --  		 AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC) 	    12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   1424 	      T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.E@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.×Ô)ªÖP..ÿ.ï..
263     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9298951          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 54       																																													   1424 	      ........6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.E@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.×Ô)ªÖP..ÿ.ï..
263     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9298951          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1540, Size: 146  																																								   1424 	      [email protected]Ò..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À..................................B.........6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.E@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.×Ô)ªÖP..ÿ.ï..

264     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9299762          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       TCP      		     Flags: ...A...F, SrcPort: HTTP(80), DstPort: 49158, Length: 0, Seq Range: 3559500502 - 3559500503, Ack: 2411727063, Win: 29216(scale factor: 5)    																																		   1424 	      .PÀ.Ô)ªÖ.À.×P...»...
264     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9299762          --  		 a1961.g2.akamai.net    		    192.168.0.123       		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 23134, Total Length: 40     																																													   1424 	      E..(Z^@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ªÖ.À.×P...».....D. ]
264     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9299762          --  		 12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC)             Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   1424 	      .0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z^@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ªÖ.À.×P...».....D. ]
264     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9299762          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 60       																																													   1424 	      ........<....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z^@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ªÖ.À.×P...».....D. ]
264     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9299762          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1540, Size: 152  																																								   1424 	      ....@...........²o...xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À..................................H.........<....0gvê3T*PÚ À..E..(Z^@.7.Ð.hcî.À¨.½.PÀ.Ô)ªÖ.À.×P...».....D. ]

265     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9300266          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       TCP      		     Flags: ...A...., SrcPort: 49158, DstPort: HTTP(80), Length: 0, Seq Range: 2411727064 - 2411727064, Ack: 3559500503, Win: 255       																																				   1424 	      À..P.À.ØÔ)ª×P..ÿ.ï..
265     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9300266          --  		 192.168.0.123  			    a1961.g2.akamai.net 		       IPv4     		     Next Protocol: TCP, Packet ID: 70, Total Length: 40																																														   1424 	      E..(.F@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.ØÔ)ª×P..ÿ.ï..
265     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9300266          --  		 AB-CD-EF-12-34-56 (my NIC MAC) 	    12-34-56-AB-CD-EF (my router MAC)          Ethernet 		     Type: Internet IP (IPv4)   																																																	   1424 	      T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.F@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.ØÔ)ª×P..ÿ.ï..
265     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9300266          --  		 --     				    --  				       PefNdisProvider  	     MiniportIfIndex: 11, LowerIfIndex: 11, FrameSize: 54       																																													   1424 	      ........6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.F@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.ØÔ)ª×P..ÿ.ï..
265     	       2017-01-26T12:41:25.9300266          --  		 --     				    --  				       Etw      		     {9de85b12-1202-467c-8047-ed308fb776c3}, EventID: 1001, ProcessID: 1424, ThreadID: 1540, Size: 146  																																								   1424 	      ....@...........ªq...xÒ..[è...|F.Gí0.·vÃé..........À..................................B.........6...T*PÚ À.0gvê3..E..(.F@.....À¨.½hcî.À..P.À.ØÔ)ª×P..ÿ.ï..
 

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