Windows appears to be intercepting Moosock

Dear All,

I'm suddenly having trouble making Moosock connect to any server from any Windows 7 or 8 machine on any network.
This affects new MMF2 and CF2.5 applications as well as older ones that have worked well for years.

That tells me that MMF/CF is blameless, as are the networks and the individual configurations of the machines.
It strikes me as though an update to Windows is blocking the application from sending info to the server, even though I have turned Windows Firewall and Defender off and have no other security software installed.

I have created a CF2.5 example here. If anyone can get that to connect to a website and print the response from the server in the string, I'd be very interested in hearing from you.

http://www.xbomber.co.uk/Application.mfa

It could be that whatever Moosock did to connect to the internet used some sort of API that is completely broken in Windows 7/Windows 8, since Moosock hasn't been updated in years, if not a whole decade by now. I wouldn't be surprised if someone has made an extension that can do everything Moosock could, only compatible with Windows 7/Windows 8. I don't know of any off the top of my head, though.

That is an excellent explanation. I just couldn't understand how the connection could be actively blocked by the firewall, even with the firewall turned off.
When I get time, I'll test it under XP or something like that.

If anyone knew of a more modern/compatible extension, I'd be interested to know.
All I'd like to do is send a text line (a query string) to a PHP file on the server to upload some high scores etc. and check for updates.

You could use the GET object to POST to a PHP page instead of using MooSock.

Danworth, thanks very much for that.
I found that extension after I followed a new tutorial on online high scores that I found on this site this morning. I was very gratified to find it!
You beat me to posting the solution.
I really appreciate you letting me know.

HappyGreenFrog, Danworth - the two of you have been brilliant, guys.