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On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> I been noticing the past few weeks that something is communicating with |
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> Yahoo at these addresses: |
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> cs210p2.msg.sp1.yahoo.com |
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> rdis.msg.vip.sp1.yahoo.com |
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> I thought it was Kopete getting some info, profile pics maybe, from the |
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> server. Thing is, it does this for a really long time. It is also SENDING |
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> data as well. I have no idea why it is doing this or what it is sending. I |
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> closed the Kopete app but the data still carries on. This "transfer" has |
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> been going for a while now and the only way I can stop it is to stop the |
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> network, wait a minute or two for it to time out and then restart the |
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> network. |
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> Anybody have any idea what the heck this is? Is Yahoo up to something? |
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> Some new security issue that I haven't heard of? |
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I think it's normal. |
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The first address is one of their pool of messaging servers and the |
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second is a web server, probably like you said for retrieving |
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additional info. The sending of data could be the http request, or |
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updating your status/picture/whatever kopete may be doing. You could |
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try blocking it and see what breaks. :) |
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