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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 09:36:03 am

Title: Network activity problem
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 09:36:03 am

It started in 180.  Every time a new song plays, I get my Norton fire wall pop up telling me that Media Center is trying to access the internet.  Do you access the internet for every song?  Seems odd.  What is going on?

Once I allow, everything is fine until the next song starts.

I am moving back to 179 where all was better.

Title: Network activity suspicious
Post by: JimH on January 28, 2005, 09:45:39 am

Tx,
Are you running a third party plug-in like audioscrobbler?

Title: Network activity suspicious
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 09:54:16 am

JImH
No, plain vanilla with some plugins from KingSparta, but they don't seem to work anymore.

Title: Network activity suspicious
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 10:31:29 am

JimH
I am now getting from Norton firewall the following msg
Malicious script detected   and the file is Media Center.exe
So I stopped the script and it ended the mediacenter program.
The only plug ins I downloaded after going to 180 then to 181 was the various KingSparta plugins.  and when I try to access some of those I get a "not able to connect" msg. 
Any suggestions....

Thanks JimH

Title: Network activity suspicious
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 10:56:04 am

JimH
this appears to be very serious.  Here is what is being trapped by norton firewall

Details: This one time, the user has chosen to "permit" communications
Outbound TCP connection
Remote address,service is (www. adsgone. com(207.191.129.164),http(80))
Process name is "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\Media Center.exe"
 
Details: This one time, the user has chosen to "permit" communications
Outbound TCP connection
Process name is "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\Media Center.exe"

Where is this coming from?

Title: Re: Network activity suspicious
Post by: JimH on January 28, 2005, 11:03:32 am

Uninstall all third party software.

Clean your machine with adaware or similar and check for viruses.

Error messages are often wrong.  Norton may be incorrect about the program doing it.

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: John Gateley on January 28, 2005, 11:16:10 am

I did some checking - this behavior is NOT from Media Center, in spite of what Norton says.
You should run a virus checker and spyware detector immediately.

j

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: JimH on January 28, 2005, 11:18:03 am

I added some spaces in your links so they aren't active here.  Try a google search for these sites to see if you can find any info on problems linked to them.  Don't visit the sites as they could try to infect your machine.

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 11:42:33 am

JimH
I reinstalled 11.0.179 and all is well. 
I have run adaware, sypbot, microsofts new beta, and found some potential problems, but I can tell you that 11.0.180 and 181 may be problems. 
Again 179 works fine.

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: JimH on January 28, 2005, 12:09:41 pm

If you've fixed some problems, try downloading again.

Title: Re: Network activity suspicious
Post by: DougHamm on January 28, 2005, 01:52:29 pm

Quote from: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 10:56:04 am

Where is this coming from?

A thought: Media Center is DRM-compliant...is it possible that you're playing files (WMA/V?) that have had their DRM containers hijacked?  Microsoft noted this as a security flaw weeks ago.  What happens if you play these same files in Windows Media Player?

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 02:33:55 pm

No, everything is mp3.  I back loaded 179 and all works fine.  will now redownload and try 181 again

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: KingSparta on January 28, 2005, 03:52:00 pm

that is very old, when i was playing with ad sites

all it is is the web browser change the Ad and got a new picture, when it changed the ad.

big deal

Thats Not A MC problem

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: TXgary on January 28, 2005, 03:56:06 pm

KingSparta
Does your plugins work with MC 11.0.181?
I downloaded all of them and installed, but I get msgs each time I try to use them.  Something about unable to access the site... 

Title: Re: Suspicious network activity in MC 11.0.180
Post by: KingSparta on January 28, 2005, 04:06:45 pm

Yes.

Quote

Something about unable to access the site...

It Is Old - You Need New Ones

Uninstall All Of My Plug-Ins

(To Start Fresh)

Go To My Web Site And Download New Ones (Of What Ever You Want)

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