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Sorry, Keisha...
I assumed that you had already done an inquiry on the IP addy... With the bit of nfo that Tedob1 came up with, I have to agree with Palemoon and KorpDeath.
Check the following link for more nfo on the types of things that Real Networks has done "in the past." Might prove interesting to see what they're doing in the present (and saying, "Oh no! We wouldn't do THAT!!!")
http://grc.com/downloaders.htm
For the life of me, I can't even figure out why spyware is actually legal... What's the difference between incorporating spyware into software (without telling) and installing cameras in someone's house (without permission) while they're away? That just seems absurd to me.
/me get's flustered, but gets off of his soap box neway. :)
Peace,
Rev
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Ok, now what?
Tedob1 <-- Where did you look that info up at? I don't own Realnetwork software. There is no legitimate reason for them to be attempting to connect to my machine. Not that there would be, even if I did. That would raise the interesting questions of,
1. Are they out on the net, randomly connecting to people to see if they own their software?
2. Isn't that illegal if they are?
smirc <-- Honestly? It's not illegal for anyone to sit out there and do this crap?
almorga <-- That was my theory, however apparently those persistant IP's belong to corporations, not individuals. In most cases however, that would be true.
Palemoon <-- Like I said to Tedob1, I don't own Real Player, or anything else they've put out.
Jazzman <-- I emailed the logs with an explanation to Gibson Research, should be interesting to see what they say.
-Keisha
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Keisha Real Networks is not the realplayer people, as korp said their just "whores or the internet" (i like that). They could be doing mkt reasearch, they could be pushing ads to you. they could be doing just about anything, but from the pattern they are not trying to hack you.
its not illegal to scan ports or attempt to connect, its against the law to make a connection thats unauthorized like hack or even quess a pwd. if you have someones software you can find they claim the right deep inside the eula. Mcrosoft has a port assigned to them just for that purpose.
I got the information doing a dig on the addy using SamSpade. freeware from www.samspade.org
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This is the thing software producers are the only producers of products that do not meet and standard for consumer protection, exposure, or any liability. In short their end user license agreements give them very broad powers to do what they want gleen information install other hidden programs, and then absolve them selves because it was in their licensing agreeement. In short click OK on anything electronic they can use your computer for what ever reason. Why because there are NO consumer software/End User laws YET. Tell me Firestone is paying a chunk of change for tire defects, now what defects in software code has MS paid...answer $0 you clicked OK and they in their legal terms and fine print gave you no rights. See my ethics thread, since when did a hunk of code give any company any right to my computer resources...well look to change that legal loop hole through contracts in gov and business and well consumer goods and products need consumer protection.
