...alerted by [my] Glasswire firewall, and disappeared just as suddenly. I wonder what it is required for. Not much info on Google.
c2r belongs to ms office. is that you? https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/allow-defenderbootstrapper-exe-to-phone-home/ as "b" wrote same here - empty with O365 Pro (word/excel only) i cannot use the store.
No, it is not me. I just found the link you referenced when I started to look into the subject as per my thread topic. Curiosity is a strong motivation for me. I checked in 'Apps and Features' and found two versions of Office installed. I don't use either.
Found this entry from VoodooShield log made 24 hours earlier: 3/25/2023 2:05 AM Auto Allowed defenderbootstrapper.exe c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\onlineinteraction\73b2aa4f-faa6-4702-8d25-444947072c82_309e\defenderbootstrapper.exe F372C27F6E052A6BE8BAB3112B465C692196CD6F 6b1ec7ea09d36aac38b8dd94d144c1105e8ca5d46ff5040a3f20fca53ecdc7f7 defenderbootstrapper.exe --quiet --start- -p 1594760 officeclicktorun.exe c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\officeclicktorun.exe