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sophos autoupdate tries to contact sharethis.com, tribune.com and other sites

maphido

Hello,

I am a bit concerned. I installed little snitch today and noticed that sophos autoudate requested to contact sites like sharethis.com, latimes.com, tribune.com and foodnetwork.com (everytime port 80 http) and refused to update if I denied the connection using little snitch.

I run Version 8.0.6C on a Mac with OS 10.8.1

Can someone please explain this behaviour? 

Thank you,

Manuel

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    Sophos for Mac 8.0.8C, threat engine 3.37.10, threat data 4.83. Running on a 2011 iMac with OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion).

    Sorry for the bump, but I experienced this myself earlier tonight, and am very glad to have found this thread! :)

    I installed Little Snitch 3 to test something, and was quite concerned when it said that Sophos AutoUpdate was asking for permission to connect to "goodhousekeeping.co.uk" and other sites. I blocked it, and then it would not update. Checking the "2 servers" Little Snitch said that Sophos had been connecting to, it listed several hostnames for each one, but only a few IPs. Many mentioned Akaimai and EdgeSuite. EDIT: Also, the IPs were apparently something to do with my ISP, Sky.

    Assuming that my issue is the same as Manuel's, then I'm quite relieved...

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    Sophos for Mac 8.0.8C, threat engine 3.37.10, threat data 4.83. Running on a 2011 iMac with OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion).

    Sorry for the bump, but I experienced this myself earlier tonight, and am very glad to have found this thread! :)

    I installed Little Snitch 3 to test something, and was quite concerned when it said that Sophos AutoUpdate was asking for permission to connect to "goodhousekeeping.co.uk" and other sites. I blocked it, and then it would not update. Checking the "2 servers" Little Snitch said that Sophos had been connecting to, it listed several hostnames for each one, but only a few IPs. Many mentioned Akaimai and EdgeSuite. EDIT: Also, the IPs were apparently something to do with my ISP, Sky.

    Assuming that my issue is the same as Manuel's, then I'm quite relieved...

    :1010948
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