Firfox is accessing unknown ip-addresses on it's own.WHy is it so?Especially ip-addresses of one akamai technologies.
180.149.246.128:80 117.18.237.29:80 117.239.91.34:80 These are the ips accessed by mozilla firefox on it's own without me opening any site.It is sending some data to them and i can't make out what? Most of the ips belong to Akamai technologies? Is it used by firefox for providing some services or has my browser been affected by malware?
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117.18.237.29:80 = tries to download a file
The others don't go to web pages.
Run a mal-ware scan on your system. Also, go to
Mozilla Add-ons Web Page
and get a good pop-up blocker. Let us know how things turn out.
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- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility
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Thank you for your solutions. I shall try these and get back to you.
But I've an updated internet security suite. Moreover these ips are accesses when firefox's default homepage is open.Can it be the result of a pop-up?
Akamai Technologies is a very large content delivery network. It's estimated that their servers handle up to 20% of all web traffic. Therefore it's highly likely and perfectly natural that you will come across at least one connection to their servers during a browsing session.
If you're seeing connections while the browser is idle, see the following article for possible explanations.