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[Dilbert]

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:



NORTON WANTS PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE INTERNET! Ha ha ha ha ha ha *cough cough hack* HA ha haha....

OrgName:    Verizon Internet Services Inc.
OrgID:      VRIS
Address:    1880 Campus Commons Dr
City:       Reston
StateProv:  VA

PostalCode: 20191
Country:    US

NetRange:   68.236.0.0 - 68.239.255.255
CIDR:       68.236.0.0/14
NetName:    VIS-68-236
NetHandle:  NET-68-236-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-68-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.BELLATLANTIC.NET
NameServer: NS2.BELLATLANTIC.NET
NameServer: NS2.VERIZON.NET
NameServer: NS4.VERIZON.NET
Comment:    Please send all abuse reports to [email protected].
Comment:    DO NOT send e-mail to [email protected] as it will not be answered.
RegDate:    2003-07-18
Updated:    2005-04-21

RNOCHandle: ZV20-ARIN
RNOCName:   Verizon Internet Services
RNOCPhone:  +1-703-295-4583
RNOCEmail:  [email protected]

OrgAbuseHandle: VISAB-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   VIS Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-214-513-6711
OrgAbuseEmail:  [email protected]

OrgTechHandle: ZV20-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Verizon Internet Services
OrgTechPhone:  +1-703-295-4583
OrgTechEmail:  [email protected]

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...

[soybean]

Well, Dilbert, it looks to me like normal firewall behavior.  Am I missing the point?

[TheCount]

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! :-?

[Dilbert]

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.

[Fed]

What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory?
Not the sort of place for a permanent file to reside. :-?

[soybean]

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.

OK, 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.

[Dilbert]

What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory?
Not the sort of place for a permanent file to reside. :-?

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.

[GX1_Man]

What is a legit Symantec setup.exe file doing in your temp directory?
Not the sort of place for a permanent file to reside. :-?

the recycle bin would be a better location.  

[Dilbert]

It wasn't a Symantec setup, it was a WAV editor. Third-party.

[Fed]

Norton Internet Security wants permission for Symantec (the maker of Norton) to access the internet.

It wasn't a Symantec setup, it was a WAV editor. Third-party.

Is that you Flame?