ActiveSync

Description

This indicates an attempt to access ActiveSync.
ActiveSync is a data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. It synchronizes data with mobile devices and desktop computers. In the Windows Task Manager, the associated process is called wcescomm.exe. ActiveSync can synchronize emails, calendar, contacts and tasks with Microsoft Outlook, along with Internet bookmarks.

Affected Products

ActiveSync

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/80
• TCP/443
• UDP/443

References

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=15