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Answer» This is funny. Guess what? NIS wanted to let me know a program was trying to connect to a remote server. It was Setup.exe, and in my TEMP folder. Naturally, I was worried. However, it gave me the IP, so I looked it up. It was my ISP. Below is the message and the WhoIs info I got. Heh heh... I was laughing when I saw this: OrgName: Verizon Internet Services Inc. Oh, BTW, the Setup.exe thing was because I accidentally clicked on "send report" when closing a faulty installer. So those things do get sent out... hmm...Well, Dilbert, it looks to me like normal firewall behavior. Am I missing the point? Quote It was my ISP.But why do programs try to conenect to the ISP? Once my firewall warned me that Winamp (Winamp!) was tryng to connect to an adress from my ISP. Besides, my firewall's intrusion control logs say countless timas that it stopped connections from my ISP. But then again, my broadband connection WORKS fine! :-? Quote Well, Dilbert, it looks to me like normal firewall behavior. Am I missing the point? Norton Internet Security wants permission for SYMANTEC (the maker of Norton) to access the internet. What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory? Not the sort of place for a permanent file to reside. :-? Quote QuoteOK, I get your point, but it doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. It makes the user aware of every process that attempts an Internet connection, and that's probably a good thing. On the other hand, I suppose it opens the possibility that some users might dumbly prevent important and legitimate updates from happening.Well, Dilbert, it looks to me like normal firewall behavior. Am I missing the point? Quote What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory? Well, I had downloaded a program, and I chose to "open" instead of "save", and I ran the Setup, which crashed (oddly, the program appears to be fully functional...). Yeah, it may be standard, but it got a chuckle out of me. Quote What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory? the recycle bin would be a better location. It wasn't a Symantec setup, it was a WAV editor. Third-party. Quote Norton Internet Security wants permission for Symantec (the maker of Norton) to access the internet.Quote It wasn't a Symantec setup, it was a WAV editor. Third-party.Is that you Flame? |
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