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hi, there is a Service Host process in Task Manager called Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol, or "SSTP", which seems to be something related to VPN stuff? I don't use a VPN or anything, so what is this doing exactly?
here's the image, opening file location does lead me to the System32 folder, specifically the scvhost file, like every other Service Host does, which would mean this is a Microsoft/Windows process correct?
am I misunderstanding what this does when I say I don't have VPN-related stuff on my pc? I also read that SSTP either needs to be 'activated' or started by the user or an application in Windows 10, and I definitely haven't done the former myself
so is this a Microsoft process that connects to servers or smth?
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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
You are correct, that process is related to VPN's normally, but may be used for Microsoft processes, there is no documentation available on that, but it is a genuine Microsoft process that runs in the background of all Windows versions and it is nothing to worry about, rest assured, it is not related to malware.
