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Re: [OM] OT: Backgound Downloads/Updates

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Backgound Downloads/Updates
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:30:09 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     That Windows Firewall setting provided some useful information this 
morning.  It showed that my antivirus was updating in background, even though I 
had set it to manual only.  Turned out that there is an additional setting that 
enables srreaming updating.  I turned that off and have yet to see any 
unexpected activity.

>
>     I looked into the Windows Firewall and found that the security logging 
>was turned off, so I enabled it and then waited for some internet activity.  
>Seems that the laptop is connecting to and disconnecting from a "reverse 
>DNS" site called "popsite.net" (205.232.250.175), a reverse DNS for dial-up 
>equipment, which is looking at my webmail connection (207.69.189.109), 
>which seems pretty harmless.  I'll have to use this tomorrow around noon 
>when I see the background activity taking place.
>
>>
>>I use Macs, so I have never tried Comodo. There is a similar piece of
>>software for Mac called Little Snitch that I have used for years. Anytime
>>anything tries to connect to the internet, it pops up a message informing
>>me, and asking if I want to allow or block the connection. Allowing and
>>blocking can be set to Œforever¹ or to Œjust once.¹ It works very well.
>>
>


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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