DH>Hello Ed.
Hi Daniel,

DH> EV> Just after I started using FortKnox I used a 2nd pc to see who is
  > EV> sending these requests to me by entering the IP in at https://ipdb.at
  > EV> and it says Akamai Technologies is the owner of the 23.61.162.70 IP
  > EV> address.

DH> EV> It isn't Adobe but Akamai, and I'm wondering if the request is for
  > EV> real or not.

DH>  Akamai is a Content Delivery Network.  They have peering agreements with mo
  >"big" ISPs, and companies use them to get the updates as
close to you as
  >possible.  This also helps make it so there is no single point of failure at
  >adobe, or any other content creator that wants you to download their media (b
  >it software, or audio/video).  Akamai, for the most part, is a
"safe" place t
  >download stuff.

Thanks, I decided today to allow it to check for Updates while I
was writing to Ben Ritchey in the Virus echo about this.

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DH> EV> I'm using Firefox with Ad Blocker Plus and just a week ago added
  > EV> No Script to all of the other Extensions I have in FF.

DH> Remove Shockwave, Flash, and Java from your system too;)  In all seriousines
  >I only keep those loaded on my "surf" machine, which is a
VM that is on a
  >different subnet than the rest of my toys.  This way it makes it harder to
  >spread if it does get infected (and makes it easier to quarantine.

I looked in XP Start > All Programs and Control Panels Add/Remove
Programs and didn't see Shockwave in them.

The Adobe Flash 11 ActiveX and Plugin are on this box, and as I
was searching I noticed Acronis True Image Home had Macromedia
Flash files in it, so I don't think I'd want to get rid of Flash.

Java isn't on the box anymore.

I have been learning about vBox but after upgrading from a
Innotek version to a Oracle version I couldn't get it working,
so I went back to the old Innotek version and it ain't working
for me either now.


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