EV> I started using the FortKnox firewall and every hour at 42 minutes   
    EV> after the hour FortKnox pops up with an Adobe Flash Update request.   
      
   that's what i've read...   
      
    EV> Just after I started using FortKnox I used a 2nd pc to see who is   
    EV> sending these requests to me by entering the IP in at   
    EV> https://ipdb.at and it says Akamai Technologies is the owner of the   
    EV> 23.61.162.70 IP address.   
      
   yes, it is... they are a huge content provider...   
      
    EV> It isn't Adobe but Akamai, and I'm wondering if the request is for   
    EV> real or not.   
      
   they are not sending it to you without something requesting it on your   
   machine... i suspect that your adobe install is trying to see if there's an   
   update available and it looks like there is...   
      
   to confirm this, you can go into your adobe reader's config and find the   
   updates option... uncheck it and you should not get those popup requests any   
   more... it sounds like fortknox is operating like the old kerio personal   
   firewall or zonealarm in that they will ask you about outbound and inbound   
   requests... i still run kerio but it was purchased years ago by an antivirus   
   company in florida... they have the vipre suite of protection tools...   
      
    EV> So I clicked on the Flash icon in XP Control Panel and used it to   
    EV> see what version of Flash I have, and then I clicked on the link on   
    EV> that tab to see what version Adobe Flash is offering currently and   
    EV> I see it is the same version that is on my XP box.   
      
   it may be a bug fix version... there are several dots in the version numbers   
   and not all of them are shown all the time...   
      
   eg: you might see 9.5.2 when it is really something like 9.5.2.3413 and the   
   update is going to take you to 9.5.2.4651...   
      
    EV> So every hour when I get the alert I click No.   
    EV> Yes, I know I could Check the Checkbox before clicking No but since   
    EV> I'm still learning how to 'TRAIN' FortKnox I'm just clicking the No   
    EV> button every hour when FortKnox asks me about it.   
      
   that's the best way... that way you don't do something wrong and then have to   
   try to figure out how to go undo it and get it done the way you really want it   
   to be ;)   
      
    EV> At least the pop up reminds me it has been another hour that I have   
    EV> been using the computer.   
      
   there is that! :LOL:   
      
   [...]   
      
    EV> I didn't know what IDS or IPS meant so I used a Search and decided   
    EV> to use Webopedia.com to learn what Intrusion Detection System and   
    EV> Intrusion Prevention System means.   
      
   yup! i should have written what they stood for... sorry 'bout that... but i'm   
   also glad to see that you did the research to find out on your own... that's a   
   GoodThing! ;)   
      
    EV> Boy!, You have your work cut out for you!  Thanks for doing it!    
      
   it can be a lot of work... especially when wading thru huge pcap (packet   
   captures) files with thousands and thousands of network packets recorded in   
   them... than the deities for tools like wireshark and their filtering   
   capabilities so that you can look at one stream of traffic from one system to   
   another or whatever filtering you need to do to see the actual traffic :)   
      
   [...]   
      
    EV> Except by accident, I don't click on advertisment banners, I hate   
    EV> the fact that I'm tracked by what I have recently looked at on the   
    EV> internet, and get advertisements along the same line as what I've   
    EV> been viewing online.   
      
   yeah... that's why i use tools like CCleaner to remove the cookies i do not   
   want and keep those i do... plus i use firefox with adblock plus and   
   noscript... i don't see any ads and definitely not any related to anything   
   i've gone searching for or have bought from some site ;)   
      
    EV> I'm using Firefox with Ad Blocker Plus and just a week ago added No   
    EV> Script to all of the other Extensions I have in FF.   
      
   i don't use any other extensions at all... well, i do have firebug for those   
   few times that i'm doing any web development but i'm not doing that as much as   
   i was a while back...   
      
    EV> Any suggestions to lessen my Paranoia??????   Thanks!   
      
   nope! i think a healthy dose of paranoia goes a long way to helping one get   
   educated about what's what... you're doing good! :)   
      
    EV> Yes, You can laugh at all of the above.   
      
   only some of it... but then i remember myself back in the day when i was   
   learning it all the same way you are... only back then there weren't as many   
   folks around to help like there are today ;)   
      
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