Akamaitechnologies.com

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anon

Hello. Does anyone know what this company is about? I noticed that my slow
dial-up connection was being used when idle (through netstat) and I saw the
following:

a72-246-48-25.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http:ESTABLISHED

I did a search and read that it's either spyware or it's a legit caching
company.

Even if it's legit, is there a way to block from sending/receiving
information? It's slowing my Web activities down.

TIA!
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "anon" <[email protected]>

| Hello. Does anyone know what this company is about? I noticed that my slow
| dial-up connection was being used when idle (through netstat) and I saw the
| following:
|
| a72-246-48-25.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http:ESTABLISHED
|
| I did a search and read that it's either spyware or it's a legit caching
| company.
|
| Even if it's legit, is there a way to block from sending/receiving
| information? It's slowing my Web activities down.
|
| TIA!
|

It's about load sharing and distibuting updates for various software companies. The idea is
a company might not have sufficient server resources. Companies can use their services to
assist in their distribution of updates.
 
B

bojimbo26one

Hello. Does anyone know what this company is about? I noticed that my slow
dial-up connection was being used when idle (through netstat) and I saw the
following:

a72-246-48-25.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http:ESTABLISHED

I did a search and read that it's either spyware or it's a legit caching
company.

Even if it's legit, is there a way to block from sending/receiving
information? It's slowing my Web activities down.

TIA!

Have you done a virus scan ?
 
D

David H. Lipman

| Have you done a virus scan ?

That's funny.

His AV signature files may indeed be downloaded Akamai services.
 

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